Table 1.
Descriptive analysis of clinical aspects of a case series of patients with Parkinson's disease followed in a dysphagia outpatient between 2006 and 2011, stratified by swallowing functionality (n = 24).
| Variables | Worsened (n = 9) |
Stayed the same (n = 5) |
Improved (n = 10) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min–max | Mean ± SDa | Median | Min–max | Mean ± SDa | Median | Min–max | Mean ± SDa | Median | |
| Gender (male/female) | 2/7 | 3/2 | 4/6 | ||||||
| Age at first evaluation (years) | 51–78 | 63.3 ± 9.7 | 64 | 52–75 | 65.4 ± 8.5 | 66 | 53–81 | 65 ± 10.7 | 61 |
| Age at symptoms’ onset (years) | 39–74 | 53.5 ± 11.3 | 57 | 49–65 | 53.8 ± 6.4 | 52 | 49–75 | 59 ± 11 | 53 |
| Disease duration (months) | 24–204 | 68.6 ± 65.7 | 48 | 36–204 | 139.2 ± 65 | 168 | 24–144 | 80 ± 36.5 | 78 |
| Time up to worsened swallowing (months)b | 7–78 | 50.2 ± 23.9 | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Time of follow-up (months) | – | – | – | 15–37 | 27.6 ± 9.7 | 30 | – | – | – |
| Time up to improved swallowing (months)c | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1–67 | 3.7 ± 2 | 10 |
a
Standard-deviation (SD).
b
Time estimated from the onset of Parkinson's disease symptoms.
c
Time estimated from the first evaluation.