Table 3.

Group cold outcome differences based on perfect CARE score

	Perfect score n=84	< Perfect score n=264
	[1]	[2]	[3]	[4]	[5]	[6]

Cold outcome	mean (sd)	mean (sd)	p value	Adjusted difference in means^a	p value adjusted for confounding variables^a	95% CI
Duration	7.10 days (3.50)	8.01 days (3.36)	0.032	0.375^*	0.017	(0.068 – 0.682)^†
Severity	240.40 (226.31)	284.49 (219.88)	0.118	− 66.58	0.037	(−129.24 – −3.918)^†
Change in IL-8	562.18 (2871.66)	220.14 (1602.60)	0.180	663.52	0.015	(127.72 – 1199.32)^†

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Cox proportional hazard model coefficient represents a % higher rate at which colds are ending

Adjusting for age, gender, race, education, optimism, perceived stress, hours since first symptom and squared hours since first symptom

^†

p < 0.05