Table 4 Subgroup analysis of crude and adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) of depression in sudden sensory neural hearing loss according to age and sex in study II.

From: Bidirectional relation between depression and sudden sensorineural hearing loss: Two longitudinal follow-up studies using a national sample cohort

Characteristics

HRs of depression

Crude†

P-value

Adjusted†‡

P-value

Young men (20–39 years old, n = 2,315)

SSNHL

1.46 (0.52–4.04)

0.520

1.43 (0.51–4.06)

0.498

Control II

1.00

 

1.00

 

Young women (20–39 years old, n = 2,720)

SSNHL

1.45 (0.85–2.48)

0.176

1.35 (0.78–2.31)

0.284

Control II

1.00

 

1.00

 

Middle aged men (40–59 years old, n = 4,590)

SSNHL

1.45 (0.87–2.43)

0.152

1.27 (0.76–2.13)

0.362

Control II

1.00

 

1.00

 

Middle aged women (40–59 years old, n = 5,180)

SSNHL

1.55 (1.08–2.23)

0.017*

1.46 (1.02–2.09)

0.042*

Control II

1.00

 

1.00

 

Old men (60 + years old, n = 2,975)

SSNHL

1.51 (0.90–2.52)

0.119

1.32 (0.79–2.22)

0.295

Control II

1.00

 

1.00

 

Old women (60 + years old, n = 3,860)

SSNHL

1.23 (0.86–1.78)

0.263

1.21 (0.78–1.62)

0.544

Control II

1.00

 

1.00

 
  1. *Cox-proportional hazard regression model, Significance at P Co0.05.
  2. *Cox-proportional hazard regression model, Significance at P Co0.05
  3. †Stratified model for age, sex, income, and region of residence.
  4. ‡Adjusted model for Charlson Comorbidity Index.
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