Effect of dexamethasone on mortality at day 28.

(a) Kaplan–Meier survival curves for 28-day mortality among the whole cohort in those who were treated with dexamethasone (red line) vs untreated cases (blue line). (b-d) Kaplan–Meier survival curves for those treated with dexamethasone (red lines) vs untreated (blue lines) in HI5-NEWS2 high risk (b), intermediate risk (c) or low risk (d) groups. All quoted hazard ratios are adjusted for age. At risk data are listed beneath plots. Time measured in days. Cases censored before 28 days indicated by +.