Research Article

Synergistic Effects of Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 Polymorphisms and Alcohol Consumption on Cognitive Impairment after Ischemic Stroke in Han Chinese

Table 4

Comparison of swallowing function between the cognitive impairment and nonimpairment groups according to two different MoCA cutoff scores.

SwallowingMethod 1Method 2
ImpairmentNonimpairmentImpairmentNonimpairment

Level I9 (5.7%)23 (100.0%)0.0010 (0.0%)32 (54.2%)0.001
Level II44 (28.0%)0 (0.0%)17 (14.0%)27 (45.8%)
Level III53 (33.8%)0 (0.0%)53 (43.8%)0 (0.0%)
Level IV29 (18.5%)0 (0.0%)29 (24.0%)0 (0.0%)
Level V22 (14.0%)0 (0.0%)22 (18.2%)0 (0.0%)