Table 3.

Bulbar Symptoms

Measure	Week 0	Week 96	P-value*
	N (%) or Mean ± SD	N (%) or Mean ± SD
Eating score (0–10)	0.91 ± 1.54	2.54 ± 3.09	<0.001
Eating severity
None	51 (62.2)	30 (36.6)	0.005
Mild	23 (28.1)	34 (41.5)
Moderate	7 (8.5)	7 (8.5)
Severe	1 (1.2)	11 (13.4)
Excessive saliva score (0–10)	1.12 ± 1.92	2.54 ± 2.93	<0.001
Excessive saliva severity
None	52 (63.4)	27 (32.9)	<0.001
Mild	20 (24.4)	28 (34.2)
Moderate	7 (8.5)	17 (20.7)
Severe	3 (3.7)	10 (12.2)
Mucus score (0–10)	1.24 ± 1.73	2.74 ± 2.84	<0.001
Mucus severity
None	43 (52.4)	24 (29.3)	0.002
Mild	31 (37.8)	32 (39.0)
Moderate	6 (7.3)	18 (22.0)
Severe	2 (2.4)	8 (9.8)
Speaking score (0–10)	1.85 ± 2.59	4.30 ± 3.77	<0.001
Speaking severity
None	45 (54.9)	24 (29.3)	<0.001
Mild	18 (22.0)	13 (15.9)
Moderate	13 (15.9)	17 (20.7)
Severe	6 (7.3)	28 (34.2)

^*Wilcoxon signed rank test or Bowker’s test of symmetry