Table 1 Patient demographics
From: Evaluation of whole-body modalities for diagnosis of multifocal osteonecrosis—a pilot study
46 patients | |
|---|---|
Age, years | 47.1 (16.0) |
Sex, male to female | 23:23 |
Steroid use, cases | 36 |
Comorbidity for steroid use, cases | |
Collagen disease | 21 |
Hematologic malignancy | 6 |
Allergy | 4 |
Pneumonia | 2 |
Others | 4 |
Steroid pulse therapy, cases | 15 |
Mean maximum steroid dose, mg | 50.8 (17.5) |
Alcohol abuse, cases | 19 |
Smoking, cases | 28 |