Table 3.
Differences in Regional Brain Volume According to Chronic Cough Phenotype
| Region of Interest | Region of Interest Volume, Mean ± SD, mm3 |
Adjusted Mean Region of Interest Volume Difference,a β (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Chronic Cough | Unexplained Chronic Cough | Explained Chronic Cough | Unexplained Chronic Cough | P Value | Explained Chronic Cough | P Value | |
| Anterior cingulate cortex | 7,522 ± 1,254 | 7,380 ± 1,160 | 7,327 ± 1,133 | −51.48 (−303.44 to 200.48) | .689 | −167.50 (−299.98 to −35.01) | .013 |
| Frontal pole | 2,105 ± 302 | 2,103 ± 337 | 2,100 ± 321 | 6.29 (−65.35 to 77.93) | .863 | −4.24 (−41.90 to 33.43) | .826 |
| Inferior frontal gyrus | 19,220 ± 2,240 | 19,150 ± 1,939 | 19,136 ± 2,480 | 19.41 (−413.02 to 451.83) | .930 | −10.91 (−238.28 to 216.47) | .925 |
| Insula cortex | 13,556 ± 1,514 | 13,381 ± 1,586 | 13,442 ± 1,410 | −111.09 (−372.87 to 150.70) | .405 | −88.27 (−225.92 to 49.38) | .209 |
| Middle frontal gyrus | 39,377 ± 4,946 | 39,098 ± 4,773 | 38,858 ± 5,047 | 114.22 (−675.11 to 903.54) | .777 | −414.40 (−829.40 to 0.63) | .050 |
| Middle temporal gyrus | 20,122 ± 2,736 | 19,985 ± 3,037 | 19,970 ± 2,641 | −66.86 (−517.53 to 383.81) | .771 | −108.47 (−345.44 to 128.50) | .370 |
| Prefrontal cortex | 124,734 ± 12,969 | 124,385 ± 12,648 | 123,560 ± 13,359 | 668.19 (−1,103.51 to 2,439.89) | .460 | −738.86 (−1,670.43 to 192.72) | .120 |
Model 2 was adjusted for age (cubic), sex, age∗sex, intracranial volume, smoking, asthma, COPD, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale score > 16, and chronic pain.