Epidemiology of unexplained chronic cough in adults: a population-based study

Johnmary T Arinze; Tjeerd van der Veer; Daniel Bos; Bruno Stricker; Katia M C Verhamme; Guy Brusselle

doi:10.1183/23120541.00739-2022

Epidemiology of unexplained chronic cough in adults: a population-based study

ERJ Open Res. 2023 May 22;9(3):00739-2022. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00739-2022. eCollection 2023 May.

Authors

Johnmary T Arinze^{1

2}, Tjeerd van der Veer³, Daniel Bos^{4

5}, Bruno Stricker⁴, Katia M C Verhamme², Guy Brusselle^{1

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
² Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Abstract

Unexplained chronic cough accounts for a significant proportion of chronic cough cases in adults, and its persistent phenotype shows female preponderance that is demographically similar to individuals with cough hypersensitivity https://bit.ly/3EwjWVo.