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Effect of Gender on Swallow Event Duration Assessed by Videofluoroscopy

Authors: Roberto Oliveira Dantas, Rachel de Aguiar Cassiani, Carla Manfredi dos Santos, Geruza Costa Gonzaga, Leda Maria Tavares Alves, Suleimy Cristina Mazin

Published in: Dysphagia | Issue 3/2009

Abstract

There are data suggesting that women swallow liquids at a lower flow rate and ingest smaller volumes in each swallow than men. Our objective in this work was to compare swallowing in asymptomatic men and women by videofluoroscopy. We studied 18 men [age = 33–77 years, mean = 61 (10) years] and 12 women [age = 29–72 years, mean = 53 (15) years] who swallowed in duplicate 5 and 10 ml of liquid and paste barium boluses. None of the volunteers had dysphagia, neurologic diseases, or oral, pharyngeal, or esophageal diseases. The videofluoroscopic examination showed that for the 5-ml bolus, women had a longer oropharyngeal transit [liquid: men, 0.63 (0.21) s, women, 0.88 (0.39) s; paste: men, 0.64 (0.35) s, women, 0.94 (0.58) s], longer oral transit [liquid: men, 0.41 (0.21) s, women, 0.59 (0.35) s; paste: men, 0.39 (0.28) s, women, 0.59 (0.42) s], and longer pharyngeal clearance [liquid: men, 0.36 (0.11) s, women, 0.45 (0.16) s; paste: men, 0.42 (0.25) s, women, 0.56 (0.27) s] compared with men (p < 0.05). We conclude that there are differences in swallowing between men and women, with women having a longer oropharyngeal transit than men for a 5-ml bolus.

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Title: Effect of Gender on Swallow Event Duration Assessed by Videofluoroscopy
Authors: Roberto Oliveira Dantas
Rachel de Aguiar Cassiani
Carla Manfredi dos Santos
Geruza Costa Gonzaga
Leda Maria Tavares Alves
Suleimy Cristina Mazin
Publication date: 01-09-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Dysphagia / Issue 3/2009
Print ISSN: 0179-051X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0460
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-008-9202-z

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