Does additional antimicrobial treatment have a better effect on URTI cough resolution than homeopathic symptomatic therapy alone? A real-life preliminary observational study in a pediatric population

Table 1 Characteristics of the studied children affected by wet acute cough caused by non-complicated URTI. Data are shown as frequencies or mean ± standard deviation

	Group 1: Homeopathic syrup alone (n = 46)	Group 2: Homeopathic syrup plus antibiotic treatment (n = 39)	P value
Gender:			0.830^a
Male	20 (43.5 %)	18 (46.2 %)
Female	26 (56.5 %)	21 (53.8 %)
Age (years)	8.2 ± 2.9	8.5 ± 2.9	0.674^b
Time from the onset of cough (days)	3.9 ± 1.0	3.8 ± 0.9	0.785^b
Verbal category-descriptive scale at baseline (VCD)	3.96 ± 0.73	4.00 ± 0.65	0.763^b

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