Journal article
Disease burden, comorbidities and antecedents of chronic cough phenotypes in Australian adults
S Suresh, JL Perret, EH Walters, MJ Abramson, G Bowatte, C Lodge, A Lowe, B Erbas, P Thomas, GS Hamilton, AB Chang, SC Dharmage, DS Bui
Pulmonology | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2023
Abstract
Background and objectives: While adult chronic cough has high burden, its phenotypes, particularly those without aetiologically related underlying conditions, are understudied. We investigated the prevalence, lung function and comorbidities of adult chronic cough phenotypes. Methods: Data from 3608 participants aged 53 years from the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study (TAHS) were included. Chronic cough was defined as cough on most days for >3 months in a year. Chronic cough was classified into “explained cough” if there were any one of four major cough-associated conditions (asthma, COPD, gastroesophageal reflux disease or rhinosinusitis) or “unexplained cough” if none were present. Adjust..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the TAHS study participants and previous investigators. We thank Professor Mark Jenkins, PhD, Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, a TAHS investigator, but not a co-author of this manuscript, for his assistance with obtaining funds and data collection. We also acknowledge all the respiratory scientists who collected data in the lung function laboratories of Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales; the research interviewers, data entry operators and research officers. Finally, we thank the Archives Office of Tasmania for providing data from the 1968 TAHS questionnaires.