Table 3: Steroid doses and thresholds.
| Patient number | Threshold prednisolone dose (mg/kg/day) | Maintenance prednisolone dose (mg/day) | |||
| 0 | 12m | 0 | 6m | 12m | |
| 1 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 2 | 0.57 | 0.05 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | 0.38 | 0.14 | 5 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 5 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 2.5 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 0.18 | 0.35 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | 0.16 | 0.06 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 17.5 | 1 | 0.5 |
| 11 | 0.88 | 0.07 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 |
0: At time of rituximab therapy; 6m: 6 months after rituximab therapy; 12m: 1 year after rituximab therapy.