Research Article
Blood Pressure Variability Is Associated with Hearing and Hearing Loss: A Population-Based Study in Males
Table 2
Pure-tone average thresholds (PTAs) and hearing loss distribution in different BPV groups.
| | | Quartile 1
(SSD<6.4) | Quartile 2
(6.4≤SSD<9.1) | Quartile 3
(9.1≤SSD<12.3) | Quartile 4
(SSD≥12.3) | p for trend | | (n=2165) | (n=2156) | (n=2166) | (n=2159) |
| | Pure-tone average threshold (PTA, dB) | Low frequency | 20.0±9.3 | 20.3±9.6 | 20.6±10.5 | 21.1±10. | <0.001 | | Intermediate frequency | 20.8±10.7 | 21.3±11.0 | 21.6±11.5 | 22.1±12. | <0.001 | | High frequency | 26.1±19.2 | 26.9±19.5 | 27.1±19.9 | 28.5±21. | <0.001 |
| | Hearing loss, n (%) | Low frequency | 267 (12.3) | 334 (15.6) | 302 (14.0) | 354 (16.3) | 0.002 | | Intermediate frequency | 334 (15.2) | 400 (18.3) | 386 (17.6) | 470 (21.4) | <0.001 | | High frequency | 532 (24.1) | 592 (27.1) | 582 (26.5) | 685 (31.2) | <0.001 |
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a, p<0.05 compared with quartile 1.
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