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Characteristics
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Group A (n = 57)
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Group B (n = 57)
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Group C (n = 59)
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P values*
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|---|
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Age (years)
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44.37 ± 12.38
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43.07 ± 12.67
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44.07 ± 12.65
|
0.8663
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Gender (female/%)
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35 (61.40)
|
35 (61.40)
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31 (52.54)
|
0.5336
|
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Body weight (kg)
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62.41 ± 9.91
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62.45 ± 10.76
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63.44 ± 10.87
|
0.6680
|
|
Height (cm)
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164.26 ± 7.89
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163.22 ± 7.99
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164.47 ± 8.59
|
0.6097
|
|
Former smoker (n (%))
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10 (17.54)
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5 (8.77)
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5 (8.47)
|
0.2255
|
|
Cough duration (days)
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33.00 ± 10.32
|
29.96 ± 7.09
|
30.80 ± 8.96
|
0.3685
|
|
Previous diagnosis of PIC (n (%))
|
9 (15.79)
|
8 (14.04)
|
10 (16.95)
|
0.9696
|
|
VAS score
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6.04 ± 1.44
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5.90 ± 1.23
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5.96 ± 1.33
|
0.8341
|
|
CSS
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3.84 ± 0.80
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3.79 ± 0.77
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3.86 ± 0.84
|
0.9648
|
|
Daytime CSS
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2.12 ± 0.38
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2.02 ± 0.35
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2.14 ± 0.43
|
0.2084
|
|
Nighttime CSS
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1.72 ± 0.65
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1.77 ± 0.68
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1.73 ± 0.69
|
0.7752
|
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CQLQ score
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64.51 ± 9.58
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64.95 ± 7.31
|
64.78 ± 6.46
|
0.9068
|
|
TCM syndrome score
|
12.02 ± 2.60
|
11.46 ± 1.97
|
11.97 ± 2.17
|
0.1492
|
- Values are reported as mean ± SD or as frequency (%).
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CQLQ cough-specific quality of life questionnaire, CSS cough symptom score, PIC postinfectious cough, TCM traditional Chinese medicine, VAS visual analogue scale.
- * P values obtained via variance analysis for continuous variables, or Chi square tests for categorical variables.
