Research Article

Hearing Loss Characteristics of Workers with Hypertension Exposed to Occupational Noise: A Cross-Sectional Study of 270,033 Participants

Table 2

Demographic characteristics of hypertension of the subjects with occupational noise exposure.

VariableNo HTGrade 1 HTGrade 2 HTGrade 3 HTGrade 4 HTp value

No. of workers24016512723199058512303
Age (yr)33.30(9.19)39.91(9.79)42.79(9.36)43.55(8.70)38.35(11.12)<0.01
Mean (SD)
Gender (No.)
Male18149710829166550310184<0.01
Female586681894325822119<0.01
Working age (yr)9.65(8.55)14.03(10.08)15.80(10.43)16.06(10.51)12.68(10.26)<0.01
Mean (SD)
Work age of noise exposure (yr)5.21(6.37)7.93(8.07)8.39(8.41)8.58(8.49)7.20(7.73)<0.01
Mean (SD)
No.of Hearing loss workers (%)100247(41.74)5860(46.06)997(50.10)277(47.35)6089(49.49)<0.01