Community | Male/female | Age years median (range) | Clinician-assessed wet cough at recruitment | Chronic wet cough at recruitment and follow-up | Protracted bacterial bronchitis | ||||||
Present | Absent | Lost to follow-up | Prevalence (95% CI) | Present | Absent | Lost to follow-up | Prevalence (95% CI) | ||||
1 (n=65) | 31/34 | 3.3 (0.0–7.0) | 44 (68%) | 11 (17%) | 39 (60%) | 15 (23%) | 22% (12–36%) | 8 (12%) | 41 (63%) | 16 (25%) | 16% (8–30%) |
2 (n=42) | 22/20 | 3.1 (0.1–6.8) | 9 (21%) | 2 (5%) | 38 (90%) | 2 (5%) | 5% (1–18%) | 2 (5%) | 38 (90%) | 2 (5%) | 5% (1–18%) |
3 (n=35) | 15/20 | 3.3 (0.2–6.8) | 16 (46%) | 4 (11%) | 26 (74%) | 5 (14%) | 13% (4–32%) | 4 (11%) | 26 (74%) | 5 (14%) | 13% (4–32%) |
4 (n=49) | 30/19 | 3.7 (0.0–7.0) | 13 (26%) | 4 (8%) | 40 (82%) | 5 (10%) | 9% (3–22%) | 32 (4%) | 40 (82%) | 7 (14%) | 5% (9–17%) |
Total (n=191) | 98/93 | 3.5 (0.0–7.0) | 82 (43%) | 21 (11%) | 143 (75%) | 27 (14%) | 13% (8–19%) | 16 (8%) | 145 (76%) | 30 (16%) | 10% (6–16%) |