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. 2008 Jul 14;7:20. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-7-20

Table 2.

Nasal Symptom Scale scores and sneeze counts during late response phase

Comparison Measure Hours after
Nasal Allergen
Challenge
Treatment Mean N SD t P (1-tailed)
Loratadine-
Placebo
Nasal
Symptoms
Score
2 Loratadine 5.1 18 3.5 -1.10 0.143
Placebo 5.9 18 3.1
4 Loratadine 4.1 18 3.4 -1.43 0.086 #
Placebo 5.1 18 3.1
6 Loratadine 3.2 18 2.8 -2.57 0.010 **
Placebo 4.4 18 3.6
8 Loratadine 3.1 18 2.6 -1.05 0.153
Placebo 3.8 18 3.4
AUC Loratadine 15.5 18 10.7 -1.82 0.044 *
Placebo 19.3 18 12.6
Sneeze count 2 Loratadine 2.2 17 3.0 -1.25 0.114
Placebo 3.8 17 5.5
4 Loratadine 2.6 17 4.0 -0.52 0.306
Placebo 3.2 17 4.5
6 Loratadine 1.4 17 2.3 -2.22 0.021 *
Placebo 3.6 17 5.8
8 Loratadine 1.2 17 1.6 -1.89 0.038 *
Placebo 2.7 17 3.8
AUC Loratadine 7.5 17 7.8 -1.79 0.047 *
Placebo 13.2 17 17.7
Placebo-CBP Nasal
Symptoms
Score
2 Placebo 5.8 17 3.1 1.39 0.091 #
CBP 4.7 17 2.3
4 Placebo 4.9 17 3.1 1.71 0.053 #
CBP 3.6 17 2.3
6 Placebo 4.2 17 3.5 2.74 0.007 **
CBP 2.4 17 2.4
8 Placebo 3.5 17 3.3 0.90 0.190
CBP 2.8 17 2.6
AUC Placebo 18.4 17 12.4 1.86 0.041 *
CBP 13.6 17 8.0
Sneeze count 2 Placebo 3.2 17 5.2 1.57 0.068 #
CBP 1.2 17 1.6
4 Placebo 2.7 17 4.4 1.72 0.052 #
CBP 1.2 17 1.9
6 Placebo 3.4 17 5.8 1.93 0.036 *
CBP 0.7 17 1.0
8 Placebo 2.3 17 3.7 0.90 0.191
CBP 1.5 17 2.3
AUC Placebo 11.5 17 17.2 1.76 0.049 *
CBP 4.6 17 3.9
Loratadine-
CBP
Nasal
Symptoms
Score
2 Loratadine 4.8 17 3.4 0.14 0.447
CBP 4.7 17 2.3
4 Loratadine 3.9 17 3.4 0.28 0.393
CBP 3.6 17 2.3
6 Loratadine 3.1 17 2.8 1.43 0.086 #
CBP 2.4 17 2.4
8 Loratadine 2.9 17 2.6 0.20 0.421
CBP 2.8 17 2.6
AUC Loratadine 14.7 17 10.5 0.51 0.308
CBP 13.6 17 8.0
Sneeze count 2 Loratadine 1.8 16 2.6 0.88 0.197
CBP 1.3 16 1.6
4 Loratadine 2.4 16 4.0 1.09 0.145
CBP 1.3 16 1.9
6 Loratadine 1.3 16 2.4 1.07 0.151
CBP 0.7 16 1.0
8 Loratadine 1.1 16 1.5 -0.55 0.295
CBP 1.4 16 2.3
AUC Loratadine 6.6 16 7.1 1.18 0.128
CBP 4.7 16 4.1

# P < 0.10, * P < 0.05, ** P ≤ 0.01