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We included 140 first-ever subacute stroke patients greater than 18 years or older, within 3 weeks of stroke onset, with hemiparesis and a Mini-Mental State Examination score greater than 24, recruited from an inpatient rehabilitation unit. Dysphagia was assessed using the Volume-Viscosity Swallow Test and videofluoroscopy, with swallowing function evaluated by the Penetration-Aspiration Scale. The outcome measures included maximal inspiratory and expiratory muscle pressures (MIP and MEP) for respiratory muscle strength, peak expiratory cough flow (PECF) for cough function, and the Trunk Control Test for trunk control. We found respiratory muscle weakness and impaired cough function (MIP 55.5\u2005\u00b1\u200523.4; MEP 84.5\u2005\u00b1\u200533.9 cmH\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    O; PECF 244.9\u2005\u00b1\u200587.5\u2009L\/min); however, no deficits in trunk control were observed. Dysphagia was present in 30 patients (26.3%), who were older and had lower PECF (215.0\u2005\u00b1\u200585.8 vs. 255.6\u2005\u00b1\u200590.3\u2009L\/min;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2005=\u20050.02). In multivariable analysis, only age predicted dysphagia [odds ratio 1.09, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.03\u20131.16;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2005=\u20050.03]; receiver operating characteristic area under the curve was 0.717 (95% CI: 0.613\u20130.821;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2005&lt;\u20050.001) with a cutoff of 64.5 years. In early poststroke patients, dysphagia was primarily associated with older age, whereas respiratory muscle strength, cough function, and trunk control \u2013 although frequently impaired \u2013 were not independent predictors. 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