Table 1.
Frequency of respiratory symptoms in the two groups before and after intervention.
| Respiratory symptom | Before intervention | After intervention | McNemar's test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomegranate juice+sumac | Placebo | Pomegranate juice+sumac | Placebo | ||||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||||
| Cough | Men | Yes | 66 (97.1) | 48 (92.3) | 18 (26.5) | 38 (47.5) |
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p < 0.001 ∗p = 0.01 |
| No | 2 (2.9) | 4 (7.7) | 50 (73.5) | 13 (25.5) | |||
| Chi-square test | p = 0.43 | p < 0.001 | — | ||||
| Women | Yes | 19 (100.0) | 39 (100.0) | 4 (21.1) | 20 (52.6) |
#
p < 0.001 ∗p < 0.001 |
|
| No | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 15 (78.9) | 18 (47.4) | |||
| Chi-square test | p > 0.99 | p = 0.03 | — | ||||
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| Shortness of breath | Men | Yes | 46 (67.6) | 30 (57.7) | 2 (2.9) | 27 (52.9) |
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p < 0.001 ∗p = 0.24 |
| No | 22 (32.4) | 22 (42.3) | 66 (97.1) | 24 (47.1) | |||
| Chi-square test | p = 0.34 | p < 0.001 | — | ||||
| Women | Yes | 12 (63.20) | 31 (79.5) | 0 (0.0) | 28 (37.7) |
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p < 0.001 ∗p = 0.58 |
|
| No | 7 (36.8) | 8 (20.5) | 19 (100.0) | 10 (26.3) | |||
| Chi-square test | p = 0.2 | p < 0.001 | — | ||||
#Pomegranate juice+sumac. ∗Placebo.