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.