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. 2004 Oct;42(10):4552–4555. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4552-4555.2004

TABLE 1.

Symptoms reported before and after training exercises

Symptom No. of participants with symptoms/total no. of participants (%)
No. of participants with incident symptoms/total no. of participants (%) after training RR (P value)a
Before training After training
Fevers 7/378 (1.9) 18/337 (5.3) 16/337 (4.7) 2.6 (0.03)
Night sweats 20/378 (5.3) 28/337 (8.3) 24/337 (7.1) 1.4 (0.31)
Chills 8/378 (2.1) 27/337 (8.0) 19/337 (5.6) 2.7 (0.02)
Cough 46/378 (12.2) 87/337 (25.8) 60/337 (17.8) 1.5 (0.04)
Dyspnea 2/378 (0.5) 39/337 (11.6) 38/337 (11.3) 21.3 (<0.01)
Chest pain 14/378 (3.7) 25/337 (7.4) 22/337 (6.5) 1.8 (0.12)
Anorexia 0/378 (0) 3/337 (0.9) 3/337 (0.9) (0.10)
Nausea or vomiting 1/378 (0.3) 26/337 (7.7) 25/337 (7.4) 28.0 (<0.01)
Myalgias 0/378 (0) 75/337 (22.3) 75/337 (22.3) (<0.01)
Arthralgias 1/378 (0.3) 69/337 (20.5) 69/337 (20.5) 77.4 (<0.01)
Rash 10/378 (2.6) 29/337 (8.6) 23/337 (6.8) 2.6 (0.01)
Swollen joints 16/378 (4.2) 15/337 (4.5) 7/337 (2.1) 0.5 (0.16)
Headache 43/378 (11.4) 114/337 (33.8) 88/337 (26.1) 2.6 (<0.01)
Weight loss 3/378 (0.8) 72/337 (21.4) 69/337 (20.5) 25.8 (<0.01)
Bone pain 16/378 (4.2) 8/337 (2.4) 6/378 (1.6) 0.4 (0.05)
a

RR, relative risk. P value indicates significance of number of participants with symptoms at initial visit versus those with incident symptoms 1 week after completion of training.