Table 1.

General characteristics of subjects (n=59)

Characteristic	Value
Age (yr)	65.84±10.1
Sex, male	30 (50.8)
Cause of ischemia
Cardioembolic	25 (42.4)
Large artery	21 (35.6)
Other	13 (22.0)
Thrombolysis	15 (25.4)
mRS	3.1±1.5
NIHSS	7.7±6.5
Time to first VFSS (day)	13.6±7.7
Recovery time to dysphagia diet stage 3 (day)	26.71±16.39

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

mRS, Modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; VFSS, videofluoroscopic swallowing study.