Language and geographical location influence the incidence of chronic cough in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Imran Satia; Alexandra J Mayhew; Nazmul Sohel; Om Kurmi; Kieran J Killian; Megan E O'Connell; Paul M O'Byrne; Parminder Raina

doi:10.1183/23120541.00721-2021

Language and geographical location influence the incidence of chronic cough in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

ERJ Open Res. 2022 Feb 21;8(1):00721-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00721-2021. eCollection 2022 Jan.

Authors

Imran Satia^{1

2

3

4}, Alexandra J Mayhew^{3

4}, Nazmul Sohel^{3

4}, Om Kurmi^{1

2

3

5}, Kieran J Killian¹, Megan E O'Connell⁶, Paul M O'Byrne^{1

2}, Parminder Raina^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ McMaster University, Dept of Medicine, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
² Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
³ Dept of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁴ McMaster Institute for Research on Ageing, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
⁵ Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK.
⁶ Faculty of Psychology and Health Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

Abstract

French speakers have a 4% lower incidence of chronic cough than English speakers in the CLSA, but English speakers from Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia also have a lower risk of developing chronic cough https://bit.ly/3qAd3Mf.