Dexamethasone 4 mg/m² (n = 68)

Prednisone 40 mg/m² (n = 66)

Total (n = 134)

OR

95% CI

P-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

Induction treatment

Complete remission

48

70.6

52

78.8

100

74.6

Induction failures

20

29.4

14

21.2

34

25.4

0.65

0.29 - 1.42^a

0.27¹

Abandonment

8

11.7

7

10.6

15

11.2

0.81

0.27 - 2.39^a

0.70¹

Death

11

16.2

4

6.1

15

11.2

0.34

0.10 - 1.13^a

0.06¹

Resistant disease

1

1.5

3

4.5

4

3.0

2.77

0.28 - 27.54^a

0.62²

Overall events

Continuous CR

31

45.6

35

53.1

66

49.3

Treatment failures

37

54.4

31

46.9

68

50.7

0.74

0.38 - 1.46^b

0.39¹

Abandonment

16

23.5

13

19.7

29

21.6

0.72

0.30 - 1.73^b

0.46¹

Death

13

19.2

9

13.6

22

16.4

0.61

0.23 - 1.63^b

0.32¹

Leukemic event

8

11.7

9

13.6

17

12.7

0.99

0.34 - 2.90^b

0.99¹