Table 1. Patient characteristics and the comparison of patients with and without aspiration on the radionuclide salivagram.

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or number (%).

TBI, traumatic brain injury; HIE, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; IPD, idiopathic Parkinson's disease; VFSS, videofluoroscopic swallowing study; PAS, penetration-aspiration scale; MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination; GDS, Global Deterioration Scale; MBI, Modified Barthel Index.

^a)p<0.05 by Wilcoxon rank sum test or Mann-Whitney U-test.

^b)p<0.05 by Pearson chi-square test.