Table 2

Relationships between objective and subjective cough measures

Total Cough Rate

Day Cough Rate

Night Cough Rate


LCQ

Total

r = -0.80

p = < 0.001

r = -0.77

p = < 0.001

r = -0.50

p = 0.028


Physical

r = -0.76

p = < 0.001

r = -0.72

p = 0.001

r = -0.46

p = 0.048


Psychological

r = -0.76

p = < 0.001

r = -0.72

p = 0.001

r = -0.46

p = 0.048


Social

r = -0.74

p = < 0.001

r = -0.71

p = 0.001

r = -0.55

p = 0.016


VAS

Day

r = 0.80

p = < 0.001

-

-


Night

-

-

r = 0.71

p = 0.001


Spearman's Correlation Coefficients

Key et al. Cough 2010 6:4   doi:10.1186/1745-9974-6-4

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