2018 Section 6 - Laryngology, Voice Disorders, and Bronchoesophalogy

TABLE 1 ] Characteristics of Individuals With Chronic Cough in the General Population Characteristic Without Chronic Cough Chronic Cough All Individuals (N ¼ 14,115) Never Smokers (n ¼ 6,549) Former Smokers (n ¼ 6,144) Current Smokers (n ¼ 1,422) All Individuals (n ¼ 554) Never Smokers (n ¼ 197) Abdominal obesity c 53 46 59 57 65 a 58 b 70 b 66 b Asthma 7 6 7 6 14 a 14 a 18 a 7 Air fl ow limitation d 20 14 24 32 35 a 25 a 35 a 49 a Bronchiectasis < 1 < 1 < 1 0 1 a 2 a 2 a 0 Gastroesophageal re fl ux disease 8 6 10 9 16 a 17 a 18 a 11 Occupational exposure to dust/fumes 7 5 7 14 13 a 7 15 a 18 Upper airway cough syndrome 4 4 5 5 7 a 8 b 8 b 5 Low vegetable intake 25 22 25 38 34 a 27 34 b 48 b Low income 46 42 48 60 61 a 53 b 62 a 70 b Former Smokers (n ¼ 235) Current Smokers (n ¼ 122) Age, y 58 (49-68) 55 (47-67) 61 (51-69) 56 (48-65) 64 (54-71) a 66 (54-72) a 64 (57-71) a 59 (51-67) b Female sex 55 56 54 50 57 65 b 51 56

Data are presented as median (25th-75th percentiles) or percent. a P < .001 vs without chronic cough using Wilcoxon rank-sum test and Pearson c 2 test as appropriate. b P < .05 vs without chronic cough using Wilcoxon rank-sum test and Pearson c 2 test as appropriate. c Abdominal obesity was waist-hip ratio $ 0.85 for women and $ 0.90 for men. 20 d Air fl ow limitation was FEV 1 /FVC < 70%. 12

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