Table 5 Summary of anthropometric data, ACT scores and LEOSound-monitoring in patients with and without coughing
From: Disease control in patients with asthma and respiratory symptoms (wheezing, cough) during sleep
No coughing (n = 25) | Coughing (n = 30) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | Min – Max | Median | Min – Max | p-value | |
Collective of patients | |||||
Age | 33 | 23–63 | 46 | 20–67 | 0.06 |
Height | 170 | 154–200 | 172 | 156–196 | 0.85 |
Weight | 78 | 54–136 | 76 | 51–131 | 0.83 |
BMI | 25.7 | 19.1–47.1 | 24.5 | 17.4–40.2 | 0.77 |
Pack years | 0 | 0–10 | 0.5 | 0–10 | 0.38 |
ACT | 22 | 14–25 | 20 | 10–25 | 0.06 |
LEOSound-Monitor | |||||
Median | Min. – Max. | Median | Min. – Max. | ||
Cough-epochs per hour | 0 | 0–0 | 0.4 | 0.1–4.8 | – |
Absolute quantity of coughs | 0 | 0–0 | 7.0 | 1–275 | – |
Quantity of coughs per hour | 0 | 0–0 | 0.9 | 0.1–34.4 | – |
Wheezing-Phases | 0 | 0–3 | 0 | 0–5 | 0.59 |
Wheezing-Epochs per h | 0 | 0–7.6 | 0 | 0–7.3 | 0.66 |
Wheezing duration [min] | 0 | 0–30.5 | 0 | 0–29.0 | 0.66 |
Wheezing duration [%] | 0 | 0–8.1 | 0 | 0–6.5 | 0.68 |