Dexamethasone (n = 102)

Prednisone (n = 94)

Total (n = 196)

OR

95% CI

P-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

Induction treatment

Complete remission

71

69.6

71

75.5

142

72.4

Induction failures

31

30.4

23

24.5

54

27.6

0.74

0.39 - 1.40^a

0.35¹

Abandonment

12

11.7

11

11.7

23

11.7

0.92

0.38 - 2.21^a

0.85¹

Death

14

13.7

8

8.5

22

11.3

0.57

0.23 - 1.45^a

0.23¹

Resistant disease

5

4.9

4

4.3

9

4.6

0.80

0.21 - 3.10^a

1.00²

Overall events

Continuous CR

45

44.1

45

47.9

90

45.9

Treatment failures

57

55.9

49

52.1

106

54.1

0.86

0.49 - 1.51^b

0.60¹

Abandonment

25

24.5

24

25.5

49

25.0

0.96

0.48 - 1.93^b

0.91¹

Death

18

17.7

14

14.9

32

16.3

0.78

0.34 - 1.75^b

0.54¹

Leukemic event

14

13.7

11

11.7

25

12.8

0.79

0.32 - 1.92^b

0.59¹