From: Cough variant asthma and atopic coughAsma variante con tosse e tosse atopica
Author | Patients' mean age in years (range) | Diagnosis (% of total) | |||
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Asthma syndrome | GERD | Rhinitis | Most common other causes | ||
Irwin et al. 1981 [38] | 50.3 (17-88) | 25 | 10 | 29 | Chronic bronchitis (12) |
Poe et al. 1982 [39] | ? (15-89) | 36 | 0 | 8 | Postinfectious (27) |
Poe et al. 1989 [7] | 44.8 (19-79) | 35 | 5 | 26 | Idiopathic (12) |
Irwin et al. 1990 [4] | 51 (6-83) | 24 | 21 | 41 | Chronic bronchitis (5) |
Hoffstein 1994 [40] | 47 | 25 | 24 | 26 | Postinfectious (21) |
O'Connell et al. 1994 [41] | 49 (19-83) | 6 | 10 | 13 | Idiopathic (22) |
Smyrnios et al. 1995 [42] | 58 (18-86) | 24 | 15 | 40 | Chronic bronchitis (11) |
Mello et al. 1996 [43] | 53.1 (15-83) | 14 | 40 | 38 | Bronchiectasis (4) |
Marchesani et al. 1998 [44] | 51 | 14 | 5 | 56 | Chronic bronchitis (16) |
McGarvey et al. 1998 [10] | 47.5 (18-77) | 23 | 19 | 21 | Idiopathic (18) |
Palombini et al. 1999 [13] | 57 (15-81) | 59 | 41 | 58 | Bronchiectasis (18) |
Brightling et al. 1999 [11] | * | 31 | 8 | 24 | Postviral (13) |