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Table 1 Characteristics of study subjects

From: Hearing loss and the COVID-19 pandemic

 

2019

2020

p valuee

Sex, male, %

58.8% (1391/2367)

  

Age, years, mean (SD)

46.4 (13.8)

47.4 (13.8)

 < .0001

BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD)

23.5 (4.0)

23.7 (4.1)

 < .0001

Hearing loss, %

9.5% (225/2367)

13.2% (313/2367)

 < .0001

Medication, %

 Hypertensiona

15.8% (353/2232)

17.7% (394/2232)

 < .0001

 Diabetesb

4.7% (106/2236)

5.2% (117/2236)

0.071

 Dyslipidemiac

11.4% (255/2235)

12.7% (284/2235)

0.0003

Medical history, %

 Strokec

1.7% (37/2235)

2.0% (45/2235)

0.039

 Heart diseased

2.5% (56/2234)

2.6% (59/2234)

0.701

  1. aMissing n = 135, bMissing n = 131, cMissing n = 132, dMissing n = 133, eP value was calculated using paired t-test for continuous variables and McNemar's test for categorical variables
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