Table 1 Total (24 h), daytime and night-time cough frequencies for males (n = 38), females (n = 41) and all 79 participants combined; displayed as mean (standard deviation; SD), geometric mean (95% confidence interval; CI), median (interquartile range; IQR) and range (minimum to maximum values). P values indicate differences between sexes compared using Mann-Whitney U test
Mean (SD) | Geometric Mean (95% CI) | Median (IQR) | Range (Min-Max) | 95th Percentile | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (24 h) coughs | All | 18.2 (25.0) | 4.6 (2.7-8.0) | 7.0 (1.9–29.0) | 0.0-136 | 63.1 |
Male | 25.5 (31.3) | 7.9 (3.7–17.1) | 16.1 (3.8–33.4) | 0.0-136 | 111.2 | |
Female | 11.3 (14.5) | 2.8 (1.3-6.0) | 4.1 (1.0–15.0) | 0.0–51 | 44.8 | |
p value | 0.015 | |||||
Daytime coughs | All | 16.7 (23.6) | 3.4 (1.8–6.3) | 7.0 (2.0–7.0) | 0.0-136 | 63 |
Male | 23.8 (30.0) | 7.2 (3.3–15.6) | 15.0 (3.8–30.8) | 0.0-136 | 98 | |
Female | 10.1 (12.8) | 1.7 (0.7–4.2) | 3.0 (1.0–14.0) | 0.0–42 | 38.9 | |
p value | 0.014 | |||||
Night-time coughs | All | 1.4 (2.9) | 0.1 (0.0-0.1) | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.0–14 | 8 |
Male | 1.7 (3.2) | 0.1 (0.0-0.2) | 0.0 (0.0-2.3) | 0.0–14 | 10.2 | |
Female | 1.2 (2.7) | 0.1 (0.0-0.1) | 0.0 (0.0–1.0) | 0.0–12 | 7.9 | |
p value | 0.676 | |||||