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Table 3 Variation in body temperature and time to antimicrobial administration in detail without the multiday group

From: Multiday corticosteroids in cancer chemotherapy delay the diagnosis of and antimicrobial administration for febrile neutropenia: a double-center retrospective study

Duration of corticosteroid use

TBRE

TABE

TABR

day

day

day

day 1 (n = 108)

0.80(0–3.34)

1.05(0–3.66)

0.23(− 0.66–0.83)

days 1–3 (n = 12)

0.87(0.12–1.57)

1.16(0.09–1.78)

0.22(− 0.21–0.56)

days 1–5 (n = 45)

0.89(0–3.43)

1.10(0–0.77)

0.20(− 0.50–0.77)

days 1–7 (n = 7)

1.43(0.08–3.08)

1.38(0.51–3.97)

0.10(− 0.16–0.89)

P a

0.52

0.71

0.93

  1. Values were median (range)
  2. a Kruskal-Wallis test
  3. TBRE: the time to body temperature reaching 37.5 °C from the time when body temperature exceeded the baseline temperature
  4. TABE: the time to antimicrobial administration from the time when body temperature exceeded the baseline temperature
  5. TABR: the time to antimicrobial administration from the time when body temperature reached 37.5 °C
  6. Baseline temperature: the highest body temperature during 7 days before the initiation of chemotherapy in each patient