Table 2 Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses of the laterality of acute and chronic lesions in the cerebral hemispheres associated with 6-month swallowing outcomes.
Total (n = 134) | Good swallowing recovery (n = 118) | Poor swallowing recovery (n = 16) | Univariate | Multivariable† | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OR (95% CI) | P | AOR (95% CI) | P | ||||
Laterality of acute lesions | |||||||
None | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Unilateral | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |||
Right | 40 (29.9%) | 38 (32.2%) | 2 (12.5%) | ||||
Left | 57 (42.5%) | 46 (39.0%) | 11 (68.8%) | ||||
Bilateral | 37 (27.6%) | 34 (28.8%) | 3 (18.8%) | 0.57 (0.15–2.13) | 0.40 | 0.41 (0.10–1.72) | 0.22 |
Laterality of chronic lesions | |||||||
None | 61 (45.5%) | 57 (48.3%) | 4 (25.0%) | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - |
Unilateral | 2.04 (0.51–8.10) | 0.31 | 2.01 (0.47–8.61) | 0.35 | |||
Right | 16 (11.9%) | 14 (11.9%) | 2 (12.5%) | ||||
Left | 24 (17.9%) | 21 (17.8%) | 3 (18.8%) | ||||
Bilateral | 33 (24.6%) | 26 (22.0%) | 7 (43.8%) | 3.84 (1.03–14.26) | 0.045* | 3.15 (0.79–12.54) | 0.10 |
Laterality of all lesions | |||||||
None | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Unilateral | 1.00 | - | 1.00 | - | |||
Right | 21 (15.7%) | 21 (17.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||
Left | 33 (24.6%) | 29 (24.6%) | 4 (25.0%) | ||||
Bilateral | 80 (59.7%) | 68 (57.6%) | 12 (75.0%) | 2.21 (0.67–7.24) | 0.19 | 1.83 (0.52–6.40) | 0.35 |
