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. 2021 Feb 1;13(2):e13047. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13047

Table 2. Clinical outcomes.

SD: standard deviation; n/s: not significant

  Placebo group (n=44) Dutasteride group (n=43) P-value
Time-to-remission, days, mean (±SD)      
Fatigue 10.3 (±8.4) 5.5 (±3.2) <0.001
Loss of taste or smell (ageusia or anosmia) 11.1 (±6.6) 5.6 (±4.0) <0.001
Remission minus taste or smell loss 11.7 (±7.7) 7.0 (±2.9) <0.001
Overall symptoms 16.3 (±8.3) 9.2 (±4.3) <0.001
Clinical recovery, mean (±SD)      
% fully clinically recovered on Day 7 57.5% 84.1% 0.03
% of clinical recovery on Day 1 34.2 (±21.4) 60.4 (±24.2) <0.0001
% of clinical recovery on Day 2 52.9 (±21.3) 78.5 (±17.8) <0.0001
% of clinical recovery on Day 3 66.8 (±20.7) 89.2 (±12.3) <0.0001
% of clinical recovery at Day 7 82.9 (±15.0) 97.4 (±5.7) <0.0001
Oxygen saturation, mean (±SD)      
Day 0 95.4 ±1.4 96.0 ± 1.5 n/s (.21)
Day 7 95.7 ±2.0 97.0 ± 1.4 0.02
Day 14 96.2 ±1.4 97.5 ± 1.2 0.0012
D Day 7-0 +0.3 +1.3 0.047
D Day 14-0 +0.9 +1.3 n/s (.25)