C5 Capsaicin Concentration – Adjusted Means and Difference Ratios between Subject Types | ||||||
Chronic Cough Patients (N = 10) | Healthy Volunteers (N = 12) | Chronic Cough Patients vs. Healthy Volunteers | ||||
Adjusted Geometric Mean (μM) | Adjusted Geometric Mean (μM) | Geometric Mean Ratio with 95% CI | pairwise p-value | |||
Overall | 35.2 | 77.4 | 0.46 | 0.20, 1.09 | 0.078 | |
By Infusion Type | ||||||
Acid | 29.5 | 83.8 | 0.36 | 0.15, 0.88 | 0.025 | |
Saline | 41.8 | 71.4 | 0.42 | 0.20, 0.87 | 0.019 | |
By Infusion Type and Order | ||||||
Acid | ||||||
Acid-Saline | 20.0 | 114.3 | - | - | - | |
Saline-Acid | 43.5 | 61.3 | - | - | - | |
p-value | 0.039 | 0.367 | - | - | - | |
Saline | ||||||
Acid-Saline | 30.8 | 105.4 | - | - | - | |
Saline-Acid | 56.7 | 48.3 | - | - | - | |
p-value | 0.245 | 0.167 | - | - | - |
#Ratio <1: Chronic Cough Patients required lower concentrations than Healthy Volunteers.
Ratio >1: Chronic Cough Patients required higher concentrations than Healthy Volunteers