Abnormal Baseline Brain Activity in Patients with Pulsatile Tinnitus: A Resting-State fMRI Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the participants.

	PT (𝑛=42)	HC (𝑛=42)	𝑃-value
Gender (male/female)	3/39	3/39	1.000^a
Age (year)	24–65 (37.2 ± 10.2)	22–64 (37.0 ± 10.0)	0.948^b
Education (years)	4–19 (12.0 ± 4.3)	5–20 (13.3 ± 4.9)	0.260^b
Handedness	42 right-handed	42 right-handed	1.000^b
PT duration (months)	6–60 (31.6 ± 14.4)
THI score	16–95 (51.5 ± 21.0)

Data are presented as the range of min–max (mean ± SD); PT: pulsatile tinnitus; HC: healthy controls.
^aFisher’s exact test.
^bTwo-sample 𝑡-tests.