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Table 4 Comparison of the levels of dysphagia and independence of daily living by age

From: Assessment of oral hypofunction and its association with age among Korean community-dwelling older adults

 

Age

p-value

60 s (n = 35)

70 s (n = 78)

80 s (n = 93)

Total (n = 206)

DHI

8.00 ± 12.64a,b

6.38 ± 7.59a

11.78 ± 11.68b

9.10 ± 10.75

0.003

 Physical

3.60 ± 4.08

3.13 ± 3.88

4.62 ± 4.81

3.88 ± 4.39

 

 Functional

3.31 ± 4.80

2.38 ± 3.94

3.61 ± 4.36

3.10 ± 4.30

 

 Emotional

2.51 ± 4.98

1.54 ± 2.75

2.49 ± 3.51

2.14 ± 3.56

 

K-EAT-10

2.06 ± 5.77

1.08 ± 2.12

2.22 ± 4.08

1.76 ± 3.87

0.140

K-MBI

99.29 ± 2.27

99.41 ± 1.81

98.57 ± 3.04

99.01 ± 2.53

0.074

  1. Data obtained from one-way analysis of variance test and Scheffe’s post hoc test between groups
  2. DHI Dysphagia Handicap Index, K-EAT-10 Korean version of Eating Assessment Tool-10, K-MBI Korean Version of the Modified Barthel Index
  3. a,bDifferent superscript letters indicate significant differences between groups
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