Table 3: Partial correlation of the BSS-ped items and the total score between consecutive visits of the placebo patients in the main and comparative sample after partialling out age and sex.
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Main sample: n = 39 |
Comparative sample: n = 35* |
| Variable |
Visit 1 with Visit 2 (p-value)** |
Visit 2 with Visit 3 (p-value)** |
Visit 1 with Visit 2 (p-value)** |
Visit 2 with Visit 3 (p value)** |
| Cough |
0.33 (0.002) |
0.54 (0.000) |
0.41 (0.009) |
0.74 (0.000) |
| Rales° |
0.60 (0.000) |
0.66 (0.000) |
0.38 (0.015) |
0.64 (0.000) |
| Dyspnoea |
0.56 (0.000) |
0.51 (0.000) |
0.68 (0.000) |
0.79 (0.000) |
| BSS-ped |
0.55 (0.000) |
0.72 (0.000) |
0.43 (0.006) |
0.82 (0.000) |
* Taken from the BSS; **significance-test 1-sided; ° pulmonary rales at auscultation