At months @-@ , while among the entire patient population there was no difference in the corticosteroid dose or immunosuppression use between the treatment groups ( adjusted OR @ , @ % CI @ to @ ) , post hoc analysis revealed that in patients who were on corticosteroids at baseline the corticosteroid requirement was significantly lower in the peginterferon -- @b ( @ ( @-@ ) mg/day ) compared with the non-interferon group ( @ ( @-@ @ ) mg/day , p = @ ) .