Table 1 Age, sex, household income, underlying disease, and mean hearing level in the tinnitus and non-tinnitus groups.

From: Associations between tinnitus and body composition: a cross-sectional study

Total

Groups

P-value

Tinnitus group

(N = 199)

Non-tinnitus group

(N = 2058)

Age (years)

60.22 ± 11.30

57.09 ± 10.68

 < 0.001

Sex (M:F)

105 : 94

788 : 1270

 < 0.001

Household income (quintile)

2.91 ± 1.31

3.34 ± 1.36

 < 0.001

Hypertension (%)

36.68%

29.30%

0.030

Diabetes mellitus (%)

15.08%

12.05%

0.215

PHQ-9 score

3.00 ± 4.42

2.57 ± 4.02

 < 0.001

GAD-7 score

2.10 ± 3.28

1.92 ± 3.22

 < 0.001

History of dizziness

50.25%

33.33%

 < 0.001

Mean hearing level (dB)

21.76 ± 9.43

16.95 ± 8.53

0.031

  1. N number, M male, F female, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9, GAD-7 generalized anxiety disorder-7.
  2. Significant values (P < 0.05) are in bold.
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