TABLE 3. Differences in Symptom Severity Among the Subgroups Identified by Latent Profile Analyses (N = 300).

	Profile 1 (N = 69)		Profile 2 (N = 128)		Profile 3 (N = 40)		Profile 4 (N = 47)		Profile 5 (N = 16)
Symptom	$\overline{X}$	SD	$\overline{X}$	SD	$\overline{X}$	SD	$\overline{X}$	SD	$\overline{X}$	SD	F	p
Difficulty swallowing/chewing	1.28	1.9	7.29	1.69	6.53	2.88	7.74	1.58	8.06	1	136.77	< 0.0001
Difficulty with voice/speech	1.06	1.36	4.12	2.76	3.12	2.63	5.62	1.91	5.56	2.28	34.02	< 0.0001
Distress	1	2.06	2.72	2.54	3.63	2.82	3.02	2.75	4.5	3.01	11.12	< 0.0001
Disturbed sleep	0.2	0.72	0.22	0.7	5.25	1.58	0.72	1.3	6.56	1.41	321.39	< 0.0001
Dry mouth	1.3	2.03	4.38	3.02	4.93	3.27	1.28	2.13	2.38	2.83	24.57	< 0.0001
Fatigue	0.48	1.27	1.55	2.05	3.43	2.99	2.15	2.24	3.94	2.52	17.49	< 0.0001
Numbness or tingling	0.91	1.75	1.32	2.15	1.23	1.86	2.17	2.32	1.69	2.33	2.77	0.0275
Pain	0.58	1.23	1.02	1.57	3.03	2.53	2.26	2.22	4.75	2.24	28.68	< 0.001
Problem with mucus	0.23	0.89	0.23	0.73	0.28	0.78	5.55	1.8	5.44	2.13	282.46	< 0.0001
Problem with tasting food	0.51	1.6	1.71	2.86	2.8	3.35	1.64	2.71	2.38	4.01	5.01	0.0006
Problem with teeth or gums	1.58	2.21	6.02	2.73	4.75	3.32	4.81	3.73	6.69	3.44	27.95	< 0.0001

profile 1—all mild; profile 2—dry dysphagic; profile 3—psychoneurologic dry dysphagic; profile 4—moist dysphagic; profile 5—psychoneurologic moist dysphagic

Note. For all symptoms, degrees of freedom = 4.295.