TABLE 4. Differences in Sociodemographic Characteristics Among Patient 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)
Characteristic	$\overline{X}$	SD	$\overline{X}$	SD	$\overline{X}$	SD	$\overline{X}$	SD	$\overline{X}$	SD	χ2	p
Age (years)	47.97	11	48.7	10.72	48.73	13.23	47.94	12.46	51.63	10.11	0.38	0.825
Characteristic: ref	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ 2	p
Education: completed middle school	43	62	84	66	22	55	25	53	10	63	3.02	0.554
Gender: male	53	77	105	82	25	63	37	79	10	63	8.45	0.076
Insurance coverage: no	68	99	115	90	37	93	42	89	15	94	5.52	0.238
Locality: urban	41	59	71	55	22	55	25	53	7	44	1.42	0.84
Marital status: married	65	94	122	95	35	88	46	98	15	94	4.84	0.304
Monthly income: less than 50,000 INRa	65	94	110	86	35	88	39	83	14	88	4.04	0.401
Patient employment: part- or full-time	52	75	101	79	26	65	37	79	10	63	4.89	0.299
Patient is head of family: yes	51	74	105	82	27	68	36	77	9	56	7.73	0.102
Socioeconomic status: middle class or lower	55	80	75	59	24	60	32	68	11	69	9.64	0.047

^a1 U.S. dollar = 76 INR

INR—Indian rupee; profile 1—all mild; profile 2—dry dysphagic; profile 3—psychoneurologic dry dysphagic; profile 4—moist dysphagic; profile 5—psychoneurologic moist dysphagic; ref—reference

Note. Because of rounding, percentages may not total 100.