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Published in final edited form as: Laryngoscope. 2015 Nov 6;126(5):1108–1113. doi: 10.1002/lary.25778

TABLE II.

Mean Composite and Global MDADI Scores by Functional Status Measures (n=1,136).

	n	Composite MDADI Mean (SD)	Δ	Global MDADI Mean (SD)	Δ
PO status
Oral	1,014	65.0		61.1
Non-oral (100% tube)	122	56.0	9.0^*	44.8	16.3^*
Feeding tube status
No feeding tube	757	67.6		65.4
Feeding tube	379	56.8	10.8^*	47.2	18.2^*
Aspiration status
Non-aspirator	741	67.3		63.9
Aspirator	395	57.8	9.5^*	50.7	13.2^*

Abbreviations: MDADI, MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory; PO, per oral.

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