Table 1.

Odds ratios for predicting complications after acute childhood cough

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS	POSITIVE ODDS RATIO	NEGATIVE ODDS RATIO
Added chest signs	2.78	1.0
Fever	4.65	1.0
Tachypnea	3.80	1.0
Attends day care	1.0	NA
Illness severity	1.34	NA
Lives with smoker	1.0	NA
Social deprivation	1.0	NA
Known to have asthma	2.90	NA

NA—not applicable.

Data from Hay et al.¹⁵