Table 5.

Symptom associations in unexplained chronic throat symptoms

Associations	Cough	Dysphonia	Globus	Dysphagia
Female gender	++	++	+++	+
Anxiety/depression	++	++	+++	+++
Professional voice use	++	+++	++	+
Environmental irritants	+++	++	++	–
GORD	+++	+++	+++	++
Allergy	++	++	++	+
Vocal cord dysfunction	++	++	++	++
Supraglottic tension	++	++	+++	+
Chronic laryngitis	+++	+++	++	++

GORD, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.