Symptom associations in unexplained chronic throat symptoms
| Associations | Cough | Dysphonia | Globus | Dysphagia |
| Female gender | ++ | ++ | +++ | + |
| Anxiety/depression | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ |
| Professional voice use | ++ | +++ | ++ | + |
| Environmental irritants | +++ | ++ | ++ | – |
| GORD | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++ |
| Allergy | ++ | ++ | ++ | + |
| Vocal cord dysfunction | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ |
| Supraglottic tension | ++ | ++ | +++ | + |
| Chronic laryngitis | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ |
GORD, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.