Table 1 Characteristics of study participants.
Variables | Patterns of alcohol consumption | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lifetime abstainers (n = 582) | Former drinkers (n = 596) | Current drinkers with MAC (n = 2538) | Current drinkers with AMAC (n = 359) | ||
Continuous variables, mean ± SD | |||||
Age (year) | 40.38 ± 14.43 | 46.03 ± 12.44 | 40.53 ± 12.79 | 41.35 ± 12.40 | <0.001 |
Waist circumference (cm) | 96.65 ± 15.91 | 100.14 ± 16.31 | 95.51 ± 15.27 | 96.05 ± 14.05 | <0.001 |
Uric acid (mg/dL) | 4.93 ± 1.41 | 5.12 ± 1.46 | 5.24 ± 1.43 | 5.79 ± 1.53 | <0.001 |
Fasting glucose (mg/dL) | 102.67 ± 38.78 | 104.80 ± 38.60 | 99.71 ± 28.66 | 105.90 ± 50.81 | 0.029 |
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 198.37 ± 41.86 | 210.67 ± 52.08 | 203.25 ± 43.33 | 208.64 ± 44.43 | <0.001 |
Worse ear | |||||
Low-PTA (dB) | 15.70 ± 13.83 | 16.25 ± 11.74 | 13.60 ± 10.30 | 15.12 ± 11.15 | <0.001 |
High-PTA (dB) | 22.00 ± 17.87 | 28.69 ± 20.61 | 22.99 ± 18.17 | 26.56 ± 20.09 | <0.001 |
Log low-PTA | 1.08 ± 0.30 | 1.12 ± 0.28 | 1.04 ± 0.29 | 1.08 ± 0.29 | <0.001 |
Log high-PTA | 1.23 ± 0.36 | 1.35 ± 0.33 | 1.24 ± 0.33 | 1.30 ± 0.35 | <0.001 |
Categorical variables, n (%) | |||||
Male | 149(25.6) | 234(39.3) | 1281(50.5) | 216(60.2) | <0.001 |
Race | <0.001 | ||||
Non-Hispanic white | 197(33.8) | 262(44.0) | 1271(50.1) | 192(53.5) | |
Non-Hispanic black | 164(28.2) | 128(21.5) | 470(18.5) | 73(20.3) | |
Other | 221(38.0) | 206(34.6) | 797(31.4) | 94(26.2) | |
Ever had diagnosis | |||||
Diabetes | 59(10.3) | 82(13.9) | 122(4.9) | 8(2.2) | <0.001 |
Heart disease | 21(3.6) | 36(6.1) | 70(2.8) | 12(3.3) | 0.001 |
Stroke | 10(1.7) | 21(3.5) | 30(1.2) | 8(2.2) | 0.001 |
Ototoxic medication (present use) | 57(9.8) | 81(13.6) | 204(8.0) | 31(8.6) | <0.001 |
Abnormal otoscopy | 106(18.2) | 128(21.5) | 482(19.0) | 76(21.2) | 0.369 |
Abnormal tympanometry | 73(14.0) | 67(12.7) | 236(10.1) | 27(8.1) | 0.012 |
