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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Head Neck. 2012 Aug 21;35(8):1124–1131. doi: 10.1002/hed.23086

TABLE 7.

Means, SE, and p values for the main effects of bolus flavor (unflavored barium vs flavored barium) pooled over group and bolus size for each of the posttreatment swallow evaluations.

Evaluation point No. of people No. of swallows No flavor Flavor Difference SE p value
Sour bolus
 First posttreatment pharyngeal transit(s) 36 261   0.95   0.83 −0.12 0.04 .011
 1-Month posttreatment pharyngeal transit(s) 35 259   0.93   0.80 −0.13 0.04 .001
 3-Month posttreatment pharyngeal transit(s) 35 252   0.89   0.79 −0.10 0.03 .0007
Sweet bolus
 First posttreatment pharyngeal transit(s) 31 225   0.9   0.8 −0.10 0.03 .006
Salty bolus
 1-Month posttreatment swallow onset(s) 31 223 −1.02 −0.74   0.28 0.1 .007

Abbreviation: SE, standard error.