Table 4.
Rates of the presence of symptoms in children with, and without, a viral URI
| Symptom | % in children with viral URI |
% in children without viral URI |
P value | N* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any sneezing day 1 | 66.1 | 45.7 | .03 | 108 |
| Any sneezing day 4 | 48.3 | 27.5 | .04 | 98 |
| Significant runny nose day 1 | 38.7 | 23.9 | .10 | 108 |
| Significant runny nose day 2 | 47.5 | 28.9 | .05 | 106 |
| Significant runny nose day 3 | 41.0 | 23.3 | .06 | 104 |
| Significant runny nose day 4 | 50.9 | 9.5 | < .001 | 101 |
| Any runny nose day 3 | 88.5 | 79.1 | .19 | 104 |
| Any runny nose day 4 | 86.4 | 61.9 | .004 | 101 |
| Significant cough day 1 | 30.7 | 19.6 | .19 | 108 |
| Significant cough day 2 | 41.0 | 22.2 | .04 | 106 |
| Significant cough day 3 | 37.7 | 18.6 | .04 | 104 |
| Significant cough day 4 | 39.0 | 18.6 | .02 | 101 |
| Significant nasal congestion day 3 | 59.0 | 34.9 | .02 | 104 |
| Significant nasal congestion day 4 | 44.1 | 28.6 | .11 | 101 |
| Any scratchy throat day 2 | 38.9 | 25.6 | .18 | 93 |
| Any fever day 3 | 24.6 | 11.6 | .10 | 104 |
| Any chilliness day 3 | 16.1 | 7.0 | .17 | 99 |
| Any headache day1 | 11.8 | 29.3 | .04 | 92 |
| Significant headache day 1 | 2.0 | 12.2 | .05 | 92 |
| Significant hoarseness day 2 | 13.6 | 4.4 | .12 | 104 |
| Significant hoarseness day 3 | 15.5 | 4.7 | .08 | 101 |
*
Number of children with data for the symptom measure and excluding those for whom no data were available for that day, those whose parents did not rate the severity of the symptom or whose parents indicated “can’t tell” for the severity of the symptom.