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Comparison of characteristics between control and patients with aspiration pneumonia |
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| Control |
Aspiration pneumonia |
P-value |
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| Number |
11 |
8 |
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| Male/Female |
5/6 |
3/5 |
n.s.** |
| Age (years) |
77.3 ± 6.3 |
79.4 ± 6.4 |
n.s.* |
| MMSE (points) |
28.1 ± 1.2 |
26.4 ± 1.9 |
n.s.* |
| LTSR (seconds) |
1.2 ± 0.5 |
8.3 ± 2.1 |
< 0.001* |
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Data are mean ± S.D. *P-values by the Mann-Whitney U test. **P-value by chi-square test. MMSE denotes mini-mental state examination. LTSR denotes the latent time of swallowing reflex. n.s. denotes not significant. | |||
Yamanda et al. Cough 2008 4:11 doi:10.1186/1745-9974-4-11 |
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