Onset of bronchial asthma in a long term follow up of patients with atopic cough and cough variant asthma
| Onset of typical asthma | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Total | |
| NS=statistically not significant; BDP=beclomethasone dipropionate. | |||
| *p=0.0030, **p<0.0001 v cough variant asthma without BDP; †difference between patients with definite and probable atopic cough not significant; ‡p=0.014 v cough variant asthma without BDP; §p=0.002 v all patients with cough variant asthma. | |||
| Atopic cough | |||
| Definite | 0 (0.0%)* | 24 (100.0%) | 24† |
| Probable | 1 (1.7%)** | 57 (98.3%) | 58 |
| Total | 1 (1.2%) | 81 (98.8%) | 82§ |
| Cough variant asthma | |||
| With BDP | 2 (5.7%) | 33 (94.3%) | 35‡ |
| Without BDP | 6 (30.0%) | 14 (70.6%) | 20 |
| Total | 8 (14.5%) | 47 (85.5%) | 55 |