Published on in Vol 10 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/47453, first published .
Profiles of Cough and Associated Risk Factors in Nonhospitalized Individuals With SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Infection: Cross-Sectional Online Survey in China

Profiles of Cough and Associated Risk Factors in Nonhospitalized Individuals With SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Infection: Cross-Sectional Online Survey in China

Profiles of Cough and Associated Risk Factors in Nonhospitalized Individuals With SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Infection: Cross-Sectional Online Survey in China

Tingting Xu   1 * , MD ;   Yuehan Chen   1 * , MD ;   Wenzhi Zhan   1 * , MD, PhD ;   Kian Fan Chung   2, 3 * , MD, PhD ;   Zhongmin Qiu   4 * , MD, PhD ;   Kewu Huang   5 * , MD, PhD ;   Ruchong Chen   1 * , MD, PhD ;   Jiaxing Xie   1 * , MD, PhD ;   Gang Wang   6 , MD, PhD ;   Min Zhang   7 , MD, PhD ;   Xuefen Wang   8 , MD, PhD ;   Hongmei Yao   9 , MD, PhD ;   Xiuqing Liao   10 , MD, PhD ;   Yunhui Zhang   11 , MD, PhD ;   Guojun Zhang   12 , MD, PhD ;   Wei Zhang   13 , MD, PhD ;   Dejun Sun   14 , MD, PhD ;   Jia Zhu   15 , MD, PhD ;   Shujuan Jiang   16 , MD, PhD ;   Juntao Feng   17 , MD, PhD ;   Jianping Zhao   18 , MD, PhD ;   Gengyun Sun   19 , MD, PhD ;   Huaqiong Huang   20 , MD, PhD ;   Jianyong Zhang   21 , MD, PhD ;   Lingwei Wang   22 , MD, PhD ;   Feng Wu   23 , MD, PhD ;   Suyun Li   24 , MD, PhD ;   Pusheng Xu   25 , MD, PhD ;   Chunhua Chi   26 , MD, PhD ;   Ping Chen   27 , MD, PhD ;   Mei Jiang   1 , MD, PhD ;   Wen He   1 , MD ;   Lianrong Huang   1 , MD, PhD ;   Wei Luo   1 , MD, PhD ;   Shiyue Li   1 , MD, PhD ;   Nanshan Zhong   1 , MD, PhD ;   Kefang Lai   1 , MD, PhD ;   China Cough Coalition   28 *

1 State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital, London, United Kingdom

3 Experimental Studies Unit, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

4 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

5 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

6 West China School of Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

7 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

8 Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

9 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Guizhou Provincial People’s Hospital, Guiyang, Guizhou, China

10 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fuling Center Hospital of Chongqing, Chongqing, China

11 The First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China

12 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China

13 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China

14 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Hohhot, China

15 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China

16 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China

17 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

18 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

19 Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Medical University of Anhui, Hefei, China

20 Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease of Zhejiang Province, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

21 The Second Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China

22 Shenzhen People's Hospital, Shenzhen Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Shenzhen, China

23 Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Huizhou Third People's Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Huizhou, China

24 The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China

25 The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

26 Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China

27 General Hospital of Northern Theater Command, Shenyang, China

28 See Acknowledgments, Guangzhou, China

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Kefang Lai, MD, PhD
  • State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease
  • National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
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  • Guangzhou, 510000
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  • Email: klai@163.com