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Published in final edited form as: Radiother Oncol. 2018 Jun 28;128(3):442–451. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2018.06.013

Table 3.

Ordinal logistic analysis of Dmean for all ROIs contribute to RAD, (per DIGEST score) at 3–6 months.

ROIs	BIC	P-value	AUC

GHM	107	0.0000^*	0.774
ITM	105	0.0000^*	0.771
Ipsilateral ADM	108	0.0000^*	0.772
Supraglottic larynx	110	0.0009^*	0.757
GGM	113	0.0001^*	0.756
SPC	115	0.0002^*	0.746
MHM	115	0.0005^*	0.711
MPC	115	0.0002^*	0.745
Contralateral ADM	116	0.0003^*	0.730
IPC	118	0.0012^*	0.693
Glottic area	119	0.0739	0.585
CPM	124	0.0657	0.592
Esophagus	125	0.0777	0.602

Significant p-value < 0.05.

Abbreviations: Dmean; mean radiotherapy dose, ROIs; regions of interest, RAD; radiation-associated dysphagia, DIGEST; Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity, BIC; Bayesian Information Criteria, AUC; area under the curve, GHM; geniohyoid muscle, ITM; intrinsic tongue muscle, ADM; anterior digastrics muscle, GGM; genioglossus muscle, MHM; mylohyoid muscle, (S/M/IPC); superior/ middle/inferior pharyngeal constrictors, CPM; cricopharyngeal muscle.