Table 1.
Demographic and anamnestic data from participants in the safety collective at the inclusion visit.
| Variables | Echinaforce (N = 355) means |
Placebo (N = 362) means |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) (SD) | 23.6 (7.8) | 23.2 (7.2) | P > 0.05 (n.s)* |
| Body weight (kg) (SD) | 67.7 (13.1) | 69.5 (13.1) | P > 0.05 (n.s)* |
| Body height (cm) (SD) | 167.5 (9.0) | 168.1 (8.9) | P > 0.05 (n.s)* |
| Body mass index (SD) | 24.1 (4.0) | 24.5 (3.9) | P = 0.05 (n.s)* |
| Gender | |||
| Female N (%) | 244 (68.7) | 227 (62.7) | P > 0.05 (n.s)** |
| Male N (%) | 111 (31.3) | 135 (37.3) | |
| Colds in the past; N (SD) | 3.0 (1.18) | 2.8 (1.06) | P < 0.05* |