Cough present | 43 | Cough most days | 61% | 16 | 57 | Cough most days | 81% | 31 |
No cough most days | 39% | 250 | No cough most days | 9% | 31 |
| (p=0.015) | | (p=0.8) |
|
Severity of cough | 43 | Mild | 54% | 125 | 57 | Mild | 31% | 125 |
Moderate | 37% | 63 | Moderate | 56% | 16 |
Severe | 10% | 16 | Severe | 12% | 8 |
| (p=0.014) | | (p=0.1) |
|
Sputum production | 43 | Usually | 51% | 16 | 57 | Usually | 56% | 31 |
Occasionally | 28% | 125 | Occasionally | 26% | 31 |
Rarely | 21% | 500 | Rarely | 16% | 125 |
| (p=0.014) | | (p=0.8) |
|
Anticholinergic therapy | 53 | Prescribed | 21% | 8 | 57 | Prescribed | 82% | 31 |
Not prescribed | 79% | 125 | Not prescribed | 18% | 250 |
| (p=0.02) | | (p=0.03) |
|
Inhaled corticosteroid therapy | 53 | Low dose | 26% | 93 | 57 | Prescribed | 35% | 63 |
Moderate dose | 62% | 63 | Not prescribed | 65% | 31 |
High dose | 12% | 125 | | (p=0.6) |
| (p=0.7) | | |