Table 1.

Bolus characteristics for all healthy community-dweller swallows used for data analyses.

Bolus viscosity and utensil	No. of swallows	Percentage of swallows
Thin by spoon	68	53.5
Thin by cup	59	46.5

Note. Thin by spoon swallows were 3 ml, and thin by cup swallows ranged from 2 to 40 ml.