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Table 3.

Correlations among the pharyngeal constrictors (PCs) mean dose and the partial volumes of the PCs receiving specified doses (V_Ds). Pearson’s correlation coefficients (r) are provided. All correlations were highly statistically significant.

	PC Mean Dose	PC V40	PC V45	PC V50	PC V55	PC V60	PC V65	PC V70
PC Mean Dose		0.94	0.96	0.97	0.97	0.96	0.93	0.83
PC V40	0.94		0.98	0.96	0.92	0.88	0.79	0.64
PC V45	0.96	0.98		0.98	0.96	0.92	0.84	0.70
PC V50	0.97	0.96	0.98		0.98	0.95	0.88	0.75
PC V55	0.97	0.92	0.96	0.98		0.98	0.92	0.79
PC V60	0.96	0.88	0.92	0.95	0.98		0.96	0.83
PC V65	0.93	0.79	0.84	0.88	0.92	0.96		0.90
PC V70	0.83	0.94	0.70	0.75	0.79	0.83	0.90