SynthesisBMC pulmonary medicine2022
Prevalence of chronic cough in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Female predominance in chronic cough: biological sex-related factors, mechanisms, and therapeutic targets-a narrative review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Disparities in Cough Variant Asthma Management and Physician-Reported Pulmonary Function Testing Resources: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Respiratory Physicians Across Hospital Tiers in Zhejiang, China.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2026Article
- Cough variant asthma with coexisting gastroesophageal reflux disease: A case report.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2025Article
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- Demographics, risk factors and prevalence of chronic cough in Asian general adult population: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Review
- Prevalence and burden of chronic cough in China: results from a population-based survey.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- The prevalence and risk factors of respiratory symptoms in Finland: a comparative analysis.European clinical respiratory journal · 2025Article
- Guiding therapy by fractional exhaled nitric oxide & impulse oscillometry parameters in non-asthmatic individuals with chronic cough.The Indian journal of medical research · 2025Article
- Associations between abnormal sleep behavior and indoor environmental risk factors among children with a chronic cough in Wuxi, China: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Patient-reported respiratory symptoms and relevant factors in patients with pulmonary nodules.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
- Prevalence and disease burden of chronic cough in nine cities of China: an observational study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2024Observational
- Prevalence of chronic cough, its risk factors and population attributable risk in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study: a multinational cross-sectional study.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Coughing Reflex.Neuroscience bulletin · 2023Review
- Worldwide prevalence, risk factors and burden of chronic cough in the general population: a narrative review.Journal of thoracic disease · 2023Review
- Prevalence and burden of chronic cough in China: a national cross-sectional study.ERJ open research · 2022Article
- Cough hypersensitivity and chronic cough.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022Review
- Process of diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough in children at primary hospitals.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundIndividual studies have indicated variable prevalence for chronic cough, but thus far, there has been no systematic report on the prevalence of this condition.
methodsIn this study, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis by searching databases including PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese biomedical literature service system, Wanfang Database, and VIP database, for studies on chronic cough in China published before December 28, 2020. A random effects model was used to calculate pooled prevalence estimates with 95% confidence interval [95%CI], weighted by study size.
resultsFifteen studies with 141,114 community-based adults were included in the study, showing a prevalence of 6.22% (95% CI 5.03-7.41%). And 21 studies with 164,280 community-based children were included, presenting a prevalence of 7.67% (95% CI 6.24-9.11%). In subgroup meta-analyses, the prevalence in adults was 4.38% (95% CI 2.74-6.02%) in southern China and 8.70% (95% CI 6.52-10.88%) in northern China. In the children population, the prevalence in northern China was also higher than in southern China (northern vs. southern: 7.45% with a 95% CI of 5.50-9.41%, vs. 7.86% with a 95% CI of 5.56-10.16%).
conclusionsOur population-based study provides relatively reliable data on the prevalence of chronic cough in China and may help the development of global strategies for chronic cough management.
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