ABSTRACT

A review of studies on chronic cough that report data on gender distribution

(1-11) indicates that this condition appears to be more common in women, as shown in Table 1. The mean ratio of female to male patients with chronic

cough is 1.8 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.2-2.4] and this gender difference is significant (p¼ 0.0128). This suggests that the overall morbidity of chronic cough, without regard to its cause, is greater in females than in males.