TABLE 3.
Mean ± standard deviation (SD), and results from the unadjusted univariate and adjusted multivariate generalized estimating equation (GEE) models for one-at-a-time temporal variables, that averaged across multiple swallows from each participant, associated with the risk of penetration or aspiration (PAS≥3).
| Unadjusted | Adjusted | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable (Units for Odds Ratio) | Mean ± SD | Odds Ratio Estimate |
p value | Odds Ratio Estimate |
p values |
| Swallow duration (0.1 s) | 17.939 ± 3.678 | 1.11 | 0.7468 | 1.17 | 0.6439 |
| UESO events | |||||
| UESO-latency (0.1 s) | 3.158 ± 1.325 | 1.08 | 0.4142 | 1.08 | 0.4309 |
| UESC-latency (0.1 s) | 15.462 ± 2.430 | 1.09 | 0.0502 | 1.13 | 0.0114 * |
| UESO-duration (0.1 s) | 12.304 ± 2.165 | 1.08 | 0.1151 | 1.12 | 0.0294 * |
| UESO-normalized-ratio (1%) | 18.046 ± 6.883 | 1.01 | 0.5775 | 1.01 | 0.6274 |
| UESC-normalized -ratio (1%) | 89.561 ± 16.546 | 1.01 | 0.1937 | 1.01 | 0.1116 |
| UESO-duration-normalized-ratio (1%) | 71.515 ± 15.777 | 1.01 | 0.3555 | 1.01 | 0.2136 |
| Laryngeal vestibule events | |||||
| LVC-latency (0.1 s) | 7.549 ± 2.296 | 1.16 | 0.0012 * | 1.20 | 0.0001 * |
| LVO-latency (0.1 s) | 13.863± 3.133 | 1.11 | 0.0015 * | 1.11 | 0.0007 * |
| LVC-duration (0.1 s) | 6.314 ± 2.350 | 1.04 | 0.2999 | 1.04 | 0.3251 |
| LVC-normalized-ratio (1%) | 42.395 ± 10.565 | 1.04 | 0.0005 * | 1.04 | 0.0002 * |
| LVO-normalized-ratio (1%) | 78.590 ± 12.669 | 1.03 | 0.0002 * | 1.03 | <0.0001 * |
| LVC- duration-normalized-ratio (1%) | 36.194 ± 12.330 | 1.00 | 0.6358 | 1.00 | 0.6912 |
| UESO-LVC-duration-normalized-ratio (1%) | 24.349 ± 9.206 | 1.03 | 0.0010 * | 1.03 | 0.0003 * |
| LVO-UESC-duration-normalized-ratio (1%) | 10.971 ± 15.612 | 0.99 | 0.1162 | 0.99 | 0.1888 |
Statistically significant variables