Clinical phenotypes of chronic cough categorised by cluster analysis.
Jiyeon KangWoo Jung SeoJieun KangSo Hee ParkHyung Koo KangHye Kyeong ParkSung-Soon LeeJi-Yong MoonDeog Kyeom KimSeung Hun JangJin Woo KimMinseok SeoHyeon Kyoung KooPublished in: PloS one (2023)
Cluster analysis of age, score for each item, and total COAT score identified 4 distinct phenotypes of chronic cough with significant differences in the aetiologies. Subgrouping patients with chronic cough into homogenous phenotypes could provide a stratified medical approach for individualising diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.
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