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Table 1 Demographic data for 62 patients with chronic cough

From: Symptoms induced by environmental irritants and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic cough - A cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Subjects (n = 62)

Sex, female/male (n)

40/22

Age (years)

53.6 (11.9)

Duration of cough symptoms (years)

10.6 (10.0)

FEV1 % predicted

103.8 (16.9)

BMI (kg/m2)

25.1 (4.8)

Smoking status (n)

Never/previous

38/24

Chest X-ray (n)

Normal/unknown

59/3

Methacholine provocation test (n)

Normal/unknown

52/10

  1. Data are shown as mean and standard deviation (SD) for age, duration of cough symptoms, FEV1, BMI, and otherwise as number (n).
  2. Definition of abbreviations: FEV1 = Forced expiratory volume in one second; BMI = Body mass index.
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