Table 1 Clinical signs and symptoms of different aetiologies in patients with a sore throat, number (%) if not otherwise stated

33 (23–39)

28 (21–38)

34 (24–40)

35 (26–38)

32 (23–40)

36 (33–40)

34 (26–39)

141/220 (64)

34 (65)^a

58 (68)^a

8 (44)

41 (63)^a

43 (65)

66 (64)

30/215 (14)

7 (13)^a

11 (13)^a

2 (11)

10 (15)^a

5 (8)

13 (13)

4 (3–7)

4 (3–7)

3 (3–5)

3 (3–4)

6 (3–10)

3 (3–4)

3 (3–5)

69/215 (32)

15 (29)^a

22 (26)^a

4 (22)

28 (43)^a

16 (24)

26 (25)

72/216 (33)

24 (46)^a,†

24 (28)^a

6 (33)

18 (28)^a

18 (27)

30 (29)

29/219 (13)

8 (15)^a

11 (13)^a

2 (11)

8 (12)^a

11 (17)

13 (13)

17/216 (8)

6 (12)^a

7 (8)^a

0 (0)

4 (6)^a

3 (5)

7 (7)

89/220 (40)

35 (67)^†††

20 (24)

7 (39)

27 (42)

12 (18)

27 (26)

88/220 (40)

35 (67)^†††

18 (21)

9 (50)

26 (40)

12 (18)

27 (26)

128/215 (60)

32 (62)^a

56 (66)^a

13 (72)

27 (42)^a

48 (73)

69 (67)

130/215 (60)

32 (62)^a

56 (66)^a

10 (56)

32 (49)^a

44 (67)

66 (64)

84/207 (41)

15 (29)^a,††

45 (53)^a

7 (39)

17 (26)^a

36 (55)

52 (50)

25/207 (12)

9 (17)

10 (12)

3 (17)

3 (5)

8 (12)

13 (13)

96/213 (45)

21 (40)

43 (51)

10 (56)

22 (34)

36 (55)

53 (51)

16/220 (7)^a

5 (10)^a

3 (4)^a

1 (6)

7 (11)^a

2 (3)

4 (4)

50/220 (23)^a

14 (27)^a

8 (9)^a

4 (22)

24 (37)^a

6 (9)

12 (12)

69/220 (31)^a

20 (38)^a

26 (31)^a

5 (28)

18 (28)^a

16 (24)

31 (30)

54/220 (25)^a

10 (19)^a

28 (33)^a

7 (39)

9 (14)^a

24 (36)

35 (34)

31/220 (14)^a

3 (6)^a

20 (24)^a

1 (6)

7 (11)^a

18 (27)

21 (20)

85/220 (39)

13 (25)^†††

48 (56)

8 (44)

16 (25)

42 (64)

56 (54)