Table 4.

A comparison of symptom intensity between trials with and without HME

	HME	No HME	p value
Mucus in the nose
Pre	0.5 (0.25–1.0)	0.5 (0.0–1.0)	0.524
Warm-up	3.0 (1.5–5.0)	4.0 (2.5–6-5)	0.259
Time trial	4.0 (2.5–5.5)	4.0 (3.5–7.5)	0.279
Post	0.5 (0.5–2.0)	1.0 (0.5–2.5)	0.089
Sum	9.0 (4.75–12.5)	10.0 (6.75–16.0)	0.253
Cold face
Pre	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.071
Warm-up	2.0 (0.25–3.0)	4.0 (2.5–5.0)	< 0.001
Time trial	1.0 (0.75–2.5)	4.0 (1.25–6.0)	0.010
Post	0.5 (0.0–2.0)	0.0 (0.5–1.5)	0.843
Sum	4.0 (1.0–6.5)	9.0 (5.5–12.0)	0.003
Cold extremities
Pre	0.0 (0.0–0.5)	0.0 (0.0–0.25)	0.934
Warm-up	2.0 (0.75–3.5)	3.0 (0.75–4.5)	0.697
Time trial	2.0 (1.0–3.0)	4.0 (1.5–5.0)	0.215
Post	0.5 (0.0–2.0)	1.0 (0.0–3.0)	0.606
Sum	4.0 (2.5–9.0)	7.0 (3.25–13.0)	0.480
Discomfort
Pre	0.0 (0.0–0.0)	0.0 (0.0–1.0)	0.149
Warm-up	3.0 (1.5–4.0)	4.0 (1.5–5.0)	0.471
Time trial	2.0 (0.5–3.0)	3.0 (1.0–5.0)	0.175
Post	0.5 (0.0–1.0)	1.0 (0.0–1.5)	0.598
Sum	5.5 (2.5–8.5)	8.0 (3.75–10.00)	0.182
Warmth
Pre	2.0 (1.5–3.0)	2.0 (0.5–3.0)	0.400
Warm-up	3.0 (2.0–4.4)	3.0 (2.0–4.0)	0.632
Time trial	4.0 (3.0–5.0)	4.0 (2.0–5.0)	0.600
Post	4.0 (2.5–4.5)	4.0 (2.5–6.5)	0.299
Sum	10.0 (7.5–14.0)	10.0 (6.5–15.0)	0.982

Data presented as medians (interquartile ranges) and significant p values presented in bold

Sum = warm-up + time trial + post