Table 3.

Functional status tests for tumour site, tumour stage and comorbidity

	Tumour site			Tumour stage			Comorbidity
	Oral cavity	Oropharynx		T2	T3–T4		No	Yes
	Mean (SD) n = 37	Mean (SD) n = 39	P	Mean (SD) n = 32	Mean (SD) n = 44	P	Mean (SD) n = 29	Mean (SD) n = 47	P
Speech
Intelligibility
(0–10)	6.0 (1.3)	6.7 (1.0)	0.015	6.8 (1.0)	6.0 (1.2)	0.011	6.6 (1.0)	6.2 (1.3)	0.132
Articulation
(0–4)	3.4 (0.8)	3.7 (0.6)	0.039	3.8 (0.4)	3.3 (0.8)	0.003	3.8 (0.4)	3.4 (0.8)	0.043
Nasality
(0–4)	3.6 (0.6)	3.8 (0.4)	0.040	3.8 (0.4)	3.7 (0.6)	0.911	3.7 (0.4)	3.7 (0.5)	0.771
	n = 38	n = 42		n = 35	n = 45		n = 32	n = 48
Rate
Words per minute	183 (31.6)	182 (38.5)	0.988	189 (33.8)	178 (35.8)	0.201	189 (31.4)	179 (38.1)	0.233
	n = 38	n = 42		n = 35	n = 45		n = 32	n = 48
Oral functions
Mobility
Tongue (0–100)	82.3 (20.0)	96.4 (5.4)	0.000	96.0 (5.8)	84.8 (19.3)	0.001	93.9 (9.9)	89.9 (14.4)	0.209
Lip (0–100)	87.4 (5.7)	99.7 (0.9)	0.009	99.4 (2.0)	98.0 (5.1)	0.140	99.3 (2.2)	98.5 (3.9)	0.239
Diadoch (0–100)	87.4 (20.7)	97.2 (6.1)	0.004	97.5 (5.0)	88.7 (19.6)	0.012	97.4 (5.1)	91.5 (15.4)	0.026
Strength
Tongue (0–0.5)	0.2 (0.2)	0.4 (0.2)	0.001	0.4 (0.2)	0.3 (0.2)	0.021	0.4 (0.2)	0.2 (0.2)	0.045
Lip (0–0.5)	0.3 (0.1)	0.4 (0.2)	0.328	0.4 (0.2)	0.3 (0.1)	0.018	0.4 (0.2)	0.3 (0.1)	0.370