Table 2.
Placebo, n = 85 | Kan Jang®, n = 94 | Mean difference | p-value | |
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Age, years | 34.08 ± 1.52 | 35.62 ± 1.314 | −0.164 | 0.3814 |
Males/Females | 41/44 | 47/47 | 6/3 | >0.05 |
Sore throat | 5.471 ± 0.057 | 5.415 ± 0.055 | 0.056 | 0.4030 |
Runny nose | 5.647 ± 0.052 | 5.564 ± 0.054 | 0.083 | 0.3075 |
Nasal congestion | 5.659 ± 0.052 | 5.553 ± 0.051 | 0.106 | 0.2148 |
Hoarseness | 5.612 ± 0.056 | 5.479 ± 0.058 | 0.133 | 0.1626 |
Cough | 5.600 ± 0.058 | 5.489 ± 0.056 | 0.111 | 0.2503 |
Headache | 5.365 ± 0.076 | 5.340 ± 0.056 | 0.025 | 0.5938 |
Fatigue | 5.388 ± 0.075 | 5.351 ± 0.056 | 0.037 | 0.5200 |
Total mean | 5.535 ± 0.047 | 5.456 ± 0.090 | 0.079 | 0.2086 |
Abbreviations: SE, standard error of the mean. Baseline blood hematology analysis results at the beginning of URTI are shown in Supplement 5.