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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 30.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Nov;139(11):1127–1134. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2013.4715

Table 3.

Outcomes (long-term diet & gastrostomy duration) by Swallowing Subgroups

“Eat” “Exercise”
(PO end RT) Non-adherent Adherent
NPO 43 (65%) 51 (79%)
222 (33–1781) 151 (37–1530)
Partial PO 49 (77%) 83 (81%)
157 (38–760) 111 (0–2029)
Full PO 68 (84%) 108 (92%)
0 0

Cells display:

n (%) PO regular diet after RT/CRT

median (range) days PEG