Research Article

Fourteen-Day Evolution of COVID-19 Symptoms during the Third Wave in Nonvaccinated Subjects and Effects of Hesperidin Therapy: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Study

Table 2

Proportion of patients with group A COVID-19 symptoms, intent-to-treat population.

PlaceboHesperidinAllOR (95% CI)a valuea

Day 1N = 107N = 104N = 211
No12 (11.2%)12 (11.5%)24 (11.4%)
Yesb95 (88.8%)92 (88.5%)187 (88.6%)0.97 (0.41; 2.28)0.9413

Day 3N = 103N = 102N = 205
No13 (12.6%)9 (8.8%)22 (10.7%)
Yesb90 (87.4%)93 (91.2%)183 (89.3%)1.49 (0.60; 3.69)0.3849

Day 7N = 101N = 91N = 192
No25 (24.8%)17 (18.7%)42 (21.9%)
Yesb76 (75.2%)74 (81.3%)150 (78.1%)1.43 (0.71; 2.88)0.3139

Day 10N = 99N = 90N = 189
No39 (39.4%)32 (35.6%)71 (37.6%)
Yesb60 (60.6%)58 (64.4%)118 (62.4%)1.18 (0.65; 2.14)0.5886

Day 14N = 94N = 79N = 173
No39 (41.5%)40 (50.6%)79 (45.7%)
Yesb55 (58.5%)39 (49.4%)94 (54.3%)0.69 (0.38; 1.27)0.2328

aComparison between the placebo group and hesperidin group. Significant when . bSubject has at least one of the group A COVID-19 symptoms: fever, cough, shortness of breath, or anosmia. N represents the number of subjects who completed the daily symptom diary.