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Table 1 Comparison of characteristics between control and patients with aspiration pneumonia

From: Impaired urge-to-cough in elderly patients with aspiration pneumonia

 

Control

Aspiration pneumonia

P-value

Number

11

8

 

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*

  1. 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.
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