Table 1 Distribution of selected characteristics in 371 men and 639 women

From: Association between hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes and prevalence of hearing impairment in Japan

Variable

n (%) or mean ± SD

P valuea

Total (n = 1010)

Men (n = 371)

Women (n = 639)

Age, years, mean ± SD

60.8 ± 9.3

61.4 ± 9.5

60.5 ± 9.2

0.09

Smoking status

   

<0.0001

 Never

696 (68.9)

113 (30.5)

583 (91.2)

 

 Former

240 (23.8)

201 (54.2)

39 (6.1)

 

 Current

74 (7.3)

57 (15.4)

17 (2.7)

 

Alcohol consumption

   

<0.0001

 Never

411 (40.7)

56 (15.1)

355 (55.6)

 

 Former

64 (6.3)

28 (7.6)

36 (5.6)

 

 Current

535 (53.0)

287 (77.4)

248 (38.8)

 

Body mass index, kg/m2, mean ± SD

23.2 ± 3.3

24.1 ± 3.3

22.7 ± 3.2

<0.0001

Household income, yen/year

   

0.32

 <3 million

309 (30.6)

105 (28.3)

204 (31.9)

 

 3 to <5 million

371 (36.7)

135 (36.4)

236 (36.9)

 

 ≥5 million

330 (32.7)

131 (35.3)

199 (31.1)

 

Educationb

   

0.60

 Low

103 (10.2)

42 (11.3)

61 (9.6)

 

 Middle

511 (50.6)

182 (49.1)

329 (51.5)

 

 High

396 (39.2)

147 (39.6)

249 (39.0)

 

Hypertension

449 (44.5)

210 (56.6)

239 (37.4)

<0.0001

Dyslipidemia

559 (55.4)

192 (51.8)

367 (57.4)

0.08

Diabetes mellitus

68 (6.7)

33 (8.9)

35 (5.5)

0.04

  1. aχ2 test or Wilcoxon rank sum test
  2. bLow: junior high school, Medium: high school, High: junior college, vocational technical school, or university
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