Table 2 Frequency and severity of diary-based symptoms in study participants with upper respiratory infections
Symptom | Frequency (%)* | Severity (mean ± SD) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Placebo | Active | P-value | Placebo | Active | P-value | |
Cough | 29 (78.4%) | 7 (25.9%) | < .001 | 1.73 ± 1.36 | 0.56 ± 1.01 | < .001 |
Sore throat | 30 (81.1%) | 13 (48.1%) | 008 | 1.73 ± 1.19 | 0.74 ± 0.85 | .001 |
Runny nose | 25 (67.6%) | 18 (66.7%) | 1 | 0.95 ± 0.88 | 1.56 ± 1.28 | .027 |
Stuffy nose | 19 (51.4%) | 26 (96.3%) | <.001 | 0.89 ± 1.05 | 2.07 ± 0.87 | <.001 |
Malaise | 22 (59.5%) | 21 (77.8%) | .179 | 1.49 ± 1.38 | 1.67 ± 1.03 | .572 |
Fever | 4 (10.8%) | 0 | - | 100 – 103 °F | - |  |