Table 1 Comparison of clinical characteristics between men and women.
From: Relationship between age-related hearing loss and alcohol consumption in a Japanese population
Men | Women | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number | 5376 (35.9) | 9595 (64.1) | |
Type of cohort | < 0.001 | ||
Community-based cohort | 4632 (86.2) | 8004 (83.4) | |
Birth and three-generation cohort | 744 (13.8) | 1591 (16.6) | |
Age (years) | 65.1 [62.0–69.1] | 62.0 [57.1–66.3] | < 0.001 |
Better hearing ear PTA (dB HL) | 28.4 [20.0–36.3] | 23.1 [15.0–28.8] | < 0.001 |
500 Hz | 23.5 [15.0–30.7] | 23.2 [15.0–30.5] | < 0.001 |
1000 Hz | 20.7 [10.5–25.3] | 18.9 [10.2–25.1] | < 0.001 |
2000 Hz | 27.4 [15.4–35.8] | 23.0 [15.0–30.4] | < 0.001 |
4000 Hz | 38.3 [25.9–50.6] | 23.8 [15.0–30.9] | < 0.001 |
ARHL grouping | < 0.001 | ||
Normal ≤ 25 | 2465 (45.7) | 6319 (65.9) | |
Mild 25 to ≤ 40 | 2078 (38.7) | 2624 (27.3) | |
Moderate > 40 to ≤ 70 | 821 (15.3) | 640 (6.7) | |
Severe > 70 | 12 (0.2) | 12 (0.1) | |
History of cardiovascular disease | 711 (13.2) | 467 (4.9) | < 0.001 |
Family history | 293 (5.5) | 587 (6.1) | 0.104 |
Noise risk occupation | 417 (7.8) | 419 (4.4) | < 0.001 |
Smoking | < 0.001 | ||
Never-smoker | 1424 (26.5) | 8245 (86.0) | |
Ex-smoker | 3040 (56.5) | 923 (9.6) | |
Current smoker | 912 (17.0) | 422 (4.4) | |
Hypertension | 1976 (36.8) | 2093 (21.8) | < 0.001 |
Diabetes | 420 (7.8) | 314 (3.3) | < 0.001 |
Hyperlipidemia | 836 (15.6) | 1741 (18.1) | < 0.001 |
Teeth number | < 0.001 | ||
≥ 20 | 4072 (75.8) | 7779 (81.3) | |
10 to 19 | 810 (15.1) | 1293 (13.5) | |
< 10 | 488 (9.1) | 502 (5.3) | |
Education status | < 0.001 | ||
High (university and above) | 1411 (26.8) | 745 (7.9) | |
Middle (high school) | 3329 (63.1) | 8079 (85.9) | |
Low (junior high school and below) | 530 (10.1) | 585 (6.2) | |
Body mass index | 23.9 [21.9–25.6] | 22.8 [20.4–24.7] | < 0.001 |
Alcohol consumption (g/day) | 20.8 [3.4–46.2] | 0.29 [0.0–5.4] | < 0.001 |
Alcohol consumption grouping | |||
Men (≥ 40 g), women (≥ 20 g) | 1624 (30.2) | 867 (9.0) | < 0.001 |
