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. 2022 Jan 29;55(6):4485–4521. doi: 10.1007/s10462-021-10109-w

Table 7.

Diagnostic precisions of DUCG for cough and expectoration, in which cases are randomly selected not more than 10 for each disease and “*” indicates only in Group 1

Disease Total cases in Group 1; Group 2 Randomly selected and tested cases in Group 1; Group 2 Correct diagnoses in Group 1; Group 2 Precision in Group 1; Group 2 (%)
Subacute thyroiditis 3; 33 3; 10 3; 10 100; 100
Pulmonary tuberculosis 1342; 1501 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Pneumothorax 951; 673 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Pulmonary abscess 453; 65 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Acute bronchitis 123; 1426 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Chronic bronchitis 2656; 5024 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Primary bronchogenic carcinoma 1023; 7430 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Bronchiectasis 6361; 2806 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
COPD 129; 3245 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Pulmonary thromboembolism 18; 11 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Chronic pulmonary heart disease 6053; 2442 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Sarcoidosis 5; 675 5; 5 5; 5 100; 100
CVA 1; 276 1; 10 1; 10 100; 100
Upper respiratory tract infection 577; 4697 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Pneumonia 78,352; 16,721 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Heart failure 350; 6427 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Pleural effusion 37; 4428 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Bronchial asthma 4235; 2831 10; 10 9; 10 90; 100
Pericardial diseases 39; 50 10; 10 10; 10 100; 100
Vocal cord dysfunction syndrome 0; 286 0; 10 0; 10 0; 100
Nasal polyp 3; 1190 3; 10 3; 10 100; 100
IPF 49; 8 10; 8 10; 8 100; 100
Upper airway cough syndrome 0; 5 0; 5 0; 5 0; 100
Psychogenic cough 0; 0 0; 0 0; 0 0; 0
Tracheal collapse syndrome 0; 0 0; 0 0; 0 0; 0
EB 3; 0 3; 0 3; 0 100; 0
Reflux esophagitis 41; 0 10; 0 10; 0 100; 0
Diaphragmatic abnormalities 0; 0 0; 0 0; 0 0; 0
Sub-Total 102,804; 62,250 195; 223 194; 223 99.49; 100
Tracheobronchial foreign body* 109; 10; 10; 100;
Mediastinal lesions* 17; 10; 10; 100;
Diffuse interstitial lung disease* 2; 2; 2; 100;
Coronavirus disease 2019* 3; 3; 3; 100;
Total 102,935; 62,250 220; 223 219; 223 99.55; 100

COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVA: cough variant asthma; IPF: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; EB: eosinophilic bronchitis