Demographics
| No dysphagia (n=1637) | Dysphagia (n=69) | All patients (n=1706) | P value | |
| Age, years | 77 (70–84) | 81 (74–88) | 77 (70–85) | <0.01 |
| Female sex | 881 (54%) | 35 (51%) | 916 (54%) | 0.61 |
| Injury Severity Score | 9 (5–16) | 10 (9–17) | 9 (5–16) | <0.001 |
| Blunt mechanism of injury | 1625 (99%) | 65 (94%) | 1690 (99%) | 0.55 |
| Fall | 1303 (80%) | 47 (72%) | 1350 (80%) | |
| MVC | 148 (9%) | 8 (12%) | 156 (9%) |
Continuous data presented as: median (IQR).
Categorical data presented as: n (%).
MVC, Motor Vehicle Collision.