Table 5: Baseline characteristics
comparing patients who reported cough and patients who did not reported.
Characteristics |
Dry
cough (n = 68) |
No dry
cough (n = 43) |
P value* |
Woman |
47 (69.1%) |
28 (65.1%) |
0.66 |
Age in years, mean |
62.2 ± 12.2 |
62.7 ± 11.9 |
0.82 |
Black race |
36 (52.9%) |
20 (46.5%) |
0.04 |
Body weight, mean (Kg) |
72.9 ± 12.9 |
70.8 ± 17.4 |
0.44 |
Height, mean (meters) |
1.59 ± 0.10 |
1.60 ± 0.11 |
0.48 |
BMI, mean (Kg/m2) |
28.7 ± 3.8 |
27.4 ± 5.9 |
0.64 |
History of MI |
16 (23.5%) |
7 (16.3%) |
0.36 |
History of Stroke |
13 (19.1%) |
13 (30.2%) |
0.18 |
High Framingham score |
37 (54.4%) |
34 (79.1%) |
0.03 |
Alcohol consumption |
6 (8.8%) |
4 (9.3%) |
0.93 |
Current smoker |
3 (4.4%) |
0 (0%) |
0.16 |
Past smoker |
29 (42.6%) |
14 (32.6%) |
0.29 |
Diabetes Mellitus |
20 (29.4%) |
19 (44.2%) |
0.11 |
Metabolic syndrome |
40 (58.8%) |
22 (51.2%) |
0.43 |
Time of SAH, mean (years) |
22.3 ± 12.4 |
20.7 ± 13.7 |
0.62 |
Number of BP drugs, mean |
4.8 ± 1.7 |
4.5 ± 1.1 |
0.27 |
Baseline systolic BP, mean |
148.3 ± 27.4 |
159.3 ± 28.9 |
0.33 |
Baseline diastolic BP, mean |
88.3 ± 16.6 |
88.9 ± 18.1 |
0.36 |
*Chi-square test and t test. Data are expressed as number
of patients (percentage) or mean ± SD.
BMI: Body Mass Index; MI: Myocardial Infarction; SAH: Systemic Arterial
Hypertension; BP: Blood Pressure.