Table 2.
Summary of sensory experiences and sensation location associated with capsaicin and ATP inhalation.
| Capsaicin |
ATP |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Cough | Statistics | Control | Cough | Statistics | |
| Sensations reported (% participants) | ||||||
| Irritating | 55.2% | 72.4% | P = 0.274 | 66.5% | 72.4% | P = 0.777 |
| Tickle | 55.2% | 69.0% | P = 0.417 | 69.0% | 55.2% | P = 0.417 |
| Itchy | 17.2% | 27.6% | P = 0.530 | 10.3% | 27.6% | P = 0.179 |
| Burning | 17.2% | 17.2% | P > 0.999 | 3.5% | 17.2% | P = 0.194 |
| Hot | 6.9% | 3.5% | P > 0.999 | 0% | 0% | – |
| Breathless | 6.9% | 27.6% | P = 0.079 | 20.7% | 13.8% | P = 0.730 |
| Stinging | 0% | 10.3% | P = 0.237 | 0% | 0% | – |
| Pleasant | 0% | 3.5% | P > 0.999 | 0% | 0% | – |
| Pressure | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 10.3% | P = 0.237 |
| Cold | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | – |
| Stabbing | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | – |
| Throbbing | 0% | 0% | – | 0% | 0% | – |
| Total sensationsa | 2.1 ± 0.94 | 2.79 ± 1.26 | P = 0.023 | 2.14 ± 0.79 | 2.32 ± 0.94 | P = 0.436 |
| Sensation location (% participants) | ||||||
| Throat | 96.6% | 93.1% | P > 0.999 | 96.6% | 93.1% | P > 0.999 |
| Chest | 10.3% | 10.3% | P > 0.999 | 10.3% | 13.8% | P > 0.999 |
| Tongue | 6.9% | 0% | P = 0.491 | 0% | 0% | – |
| Nose | 13.8% | 6.9% | P = 0.670 | 0% | 3.5% | P > 0.999 |
| Mouth | 0% | 3.5% | P > 0.999 | 0% | 0% | – |
| Head | 0% | 6.9% | P = 0.491 | 3.5% | 10.3% | P = 0.612 |
| Eyes | 0% | 0% | – | 10.3% | 0% | P = 0.237 |
a
Total sensations, the numerical sum of total words selected by participants to describe their sensory experience, expressed as mean ± SD, n = 29 per group.