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Table 4 Relationship between total six minute cough counts and subjective cough scores (LCQ, CSS and cough VAS) in subjects with IPF

From: Mechanical induction of cough in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

 

Total six minute cough count

 

Posterior Chest

Anterior chest

Manubrium sternum

 

20 Hz

40 Hz

60 Hz

20 Hz

40 Hz

60 Hz

20 Hz

40 Hz

60 Hz

LCQ

r = -0.29

r = -0.42

r = -0.24

r = -0.2

r = -0.42

r = -0.65

r = -0.06

r = -0.31

r = -0.41

 

p = 0.14

p = 0.028*

p = 0.231

p = 0.324

p = 0.028*

p =< 0.001*

p = 0.758

p = 0.116

p = 0.032*

CSS

r = 0.4

r = 0.51

r = 0.4

r = 0.39

r = 0.62

r = 0.73

r = 0.09

r = 0.48

r = 0.49

 

p = 0.038*

p = 0.007*

p = 0.038*

p = 0.043*

p =< 0.001*

p =< 0.001*

p = 0.638

p = 0.011*

p = 0.01*

VAS

r = 0.34

r = 0.28

r = 0.23

r = 0.22

r = 0.43

r = 0.63

r = 0.14

r = 0.23

r = 0.18

 

p = 0.079

p = 0.158

p = 0.241

p = 0.28

p = 0.024*

p =< 0.001*

p = 0.49

p = 0.243

p = 0.373

  1. *p values < 0.05