24-hour cough frequency (median, range) following acute stroke. Baseline assessments were conducted within 2 weeks of stroke
| 24-hour cough frequency | Baseline (n = 21) | Week 1 (n = 20) | Week 4 (n = 17) |
| Total number of coughs | 118 (4, 375) | 60 (6, 217) | 56 (1, 186) |
| Hourly coughs | 5 (0, 16) | 2 (0, 9) | 2 (0, 8) |
| Day time coughsa | 86 (4, 282) | 30 (6, 159) | 41 (1, 108) |
| Hourly day time coughs | 6 (0, 20) | 2 (0, 11) | 3 (0, 8) |
| Night time coughsa | 21 (0, 112) | 18 (0, 58) | 9 (0, 90) |
| Hourly night time coughs | 2 (0,11) | 2 (0, 6) | 1 (0, 9) |
↵ aday time: 08:00–22:00, night time: 22:00–08:00.