Table 2.

Average score (standard deviation) of nasal symptoms (NSS), of extra-nasal symptoms (ExNSS) and of peak nasal inspiratory flow (PNIF) of children with moderate/severe persistent allergic rhinitis at admission (V1) and after treatment (V2; 7 ± 2 days) with DP (desloratadine + prednisolone) or DB (dexchlorpheniramine + betamethasone).

	DP (n = 98)			DB (n = 97)
	V1	V2	V1 − V2	V1	V2	V1 − V2
NSS	8.9 (2.0)	2.1 (2.3)	6.8	9.1 (2.1)	1.9 (2.3)	7.2
ExNSS	5.7 (3.1)	0.8 (1.2)	4.9	5.3 (3.2)	1.1 (2.2)	4.2

	DP (n = 61)			DB (n = 70)
	V1	V2	V1 − V2	V1	V2	V1 − V2
Peak nasal inspiratory flow (L/min)
PNIF	70.3 (23.9)	83.6 (26.3)	13.3	64.5 (21.9)	80.3 (25.0)	15.8

Mann–Whitney.

NSS, ExNSS and PNIF-V1: DP = DB; V2: DP = DB; V1 − V2: DP = DB.

DP and DB–NSS, ExNSS and PNIF: V1 > V2 – p < 0.05.