Table 4. Rates of improvement of clinical symptoms after 5 days of no treatment and treatment with OSV, OSV+CAM, ZNV and ZNV+CAM.
Improvement (%) | Fever | Sore throat | Cough | Nasal discharge | Headache | Body aches |
No treatment (n = 68) | 94.1 (64/68) | 92.0 (23/25) | 35.4 (23/65) | 41.5 (27/65) | 96.0 (24/25) | 100 (16/16) |
OSV (n = 70) | 94.3 (66/70) | 68.2 (15/22) | 31.3 (20/64) | 39.4 (26/66) | 100 (21/21) | 100 (26/26) |
OSV+CAM (n = 20) | 95.0 (19/20) | 80.0 (4/5) | 58.8* (10/17) | 61.1 (11/18) | 100 (4/4) | 100 (4/4) |
ZNV (n = 27) | 96.3 (26/27) | 93.3 (14/15) | 50.0 (12/24) | 37.5 (9/24) | 86.7 (13/15) | 87.5 (7/8) |
ZNV+CAM (n = 10) | 100 (10/10) | 100 (5/5) | 60.0 (6/10) | 77.8¶ (7/9) | 100 (6/6) | 100 (3/3) |
Data are percentage of patients who reported disappearance of symptoms per patients with symptoms at the start of treatment.
P<0.05, versus OSV (Fisher's exact test).
P<0.05, versus ZNV (Fisher's exact test).