High prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms in patients with both acute and nonacute cough

Figures & data

Table 1 Comparison of GERD prevalence and F-scale score between patients with and without respiratory symptoms

	Respiratory symptoms		p-value
	(+)	(−)
No. of patient	226	1499
Age (years old)	41.9 ± 9.1	43.1 ± 8.5	N.S.
Male:Female	96:132	692:805	N.S.
Current smoker	79 (35%)	485 (32%)	N.S.
Hypertension	17 (8%)	111 (7%)	N.S.
F-scale score	7.3 ± 6.2	4.4 ± 5.8	p < 0.01
No. of GERD	104 (46%)	552 (37%)	p < 0.01

Abbreviation: GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Table 2 Comparison of GERD prevalence and F-scale score between patients with and acute and nonacute cough

	Acute cough	Nonacute cough	p-value
No. of patient	115	111
F-scale score	6.8 +/− 6.3	7.7 +/− 6.1	N.S.
No. of GERD	43 (37%)	48 (43%)	N.S.

Abbreviation: GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Table 3 The GERD prevalence in patients with and without pharyngeal symptoms in acute and nonacute cough groups

	Nonacute cough		Acute cough
Pharyngeal symptom	(+)	(−)	(+)	(−)
No. of patient	25	85	53	58
No. of GERD	15 (60%)	32 (38%)	22 (42%)	18 (31%)

Abbreviation: GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease.