Table 8.

Correlation between DESdC and PAS, adjusted for assessment time

PAS	DESdC	Pearson’s Pr
≤7 months
1–7	0–4	0.14
2+	1+	0.19
	2+	0.13
	3+	0.26
	4	0.21
3+	1+	0.17
	2+	−0.03
	3+	0.12
	4	−0.01
4+	1+	0.16
	2+	0.03
	3+	0.16
	4	0.00
5+	1+	0.12
	2+	0.13
	3+	0.21
	4	−0.09
6+	1+	0.09
	2+	0.08
	3+	0.22
	4	−0.06
7+	1+	0.06
	2+	0.03
	3+	0.14
	4	−0.03
8	1+	0.09
	2+	−0.20
	3+	−0.08
	4	−0.09
>7 months
1–7	0–4	0.45
2+	1+	0.01
	2+	0.07
	3+	0.38
	4	0.28
3+	1+	0.31
	2+	0.20
	3+	0.45
	4	0.26
4+	1+	0.28
	2+	0.21
	3+	0.40
	4	0.30
5+	1+	0.22
	2+	0.14
	3+	0.36
	4	0.32
6+	1+	0.20
	2+	0.25
	3+	0.43
	4	0.36
7+	1+	0.17
	2+	0.17
	3+	0.45
	4	0.35
8	1+	0.11
	2+	0.10
	3+	0.27
	4	0.33

The highest correlations marked in bold

DESdC Drinking, Eating, Swallowing difficulties and Coughing when eating/drinking, 1 grade 1, 2 grade 2, 3 grade 3, 4 grade 4, PAS penetration–aspiration scale, Pr correlation coefficient