Table 1.
Comparison of mean scores, median scores and interquartile range (IR) at baseline according to different characteristics of the respondents
| Age | Sex | BEPTA | EQ-5D UK tariff | EQ-5D Dutch tariff | HUI2 | HUI3 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | % Male | Mean | Mean | Median (IR) | Mean | Median (IR) | Mean | Median (IR) | Mean | Median (IR) | ||
| Age | <70 | 156 | 61.9 | 64% | 37.4 | 0.86 | 0.94 (0.24) | 0.88 | 0.95 (0.20) | 0.78 | 0.79 (0.15) | 0.64 | 0.65 (0.36) |
| ≥70 | 159 | 77.0 | 57% | 47.1 | 0.81 | 0.80 (0.27) | 0.84 | 0.84 (0.23) | 0.76 | 0.80 (0.17) | 0.58 | 0.59 (0.38) | |
| P-value* | 0.010 | 0.025 | 0.134 | 0.034 | |||||||||
| Sex | Male | 189 | 69.3 | 100% | 43.4 | 0.85 | 0.88 (0.26) | 0.87 | 0.90 (0.19) | 0.77 | 0.80 (0.13) | 0.61 | 0.62 (0.37) |
| Female | 126 | 69.9 | 0% | 40.5 | 0.81 | 0.80 (0.27) | 0.83 | 0.84 (0.23) | 0.76 | 0.78 (0.18) | 0.61 | 0.63 (0.39) | |
| P-value* | 0.019 | 0.012 | 0.575 | 0.965 | |||||||||
| Clinically distinctive groups | BEPTA <35 dB | 69 | 61.9 | 54% | 21.3 | 0.84 | 0.81 (0.27) | 0.86 | 0.84 (0.20) | 0.80 | 0.80 (0.20) | 0.70 | 0.66 (0.37) |
| Non-applicants | 46 | 74.2 | 59% | 42.1 | 0.80 | 0.87 (0.27) | 0.83 | 0.90 (0.23) | 0.77 | 0.78 (0.15) | 0.62 | 0.60 (0.41) | |
| First time applicants | 108 | 71.2 | 62% | 46.9 | 0.84 | 0.85 (0.27) | 0.86 | 0.87 (0.23) | 0.76 | 0.78 (0.16) | 0.58 | 0.61 (0.28) | |
| Re-applicants | 65 | 69.6 | 66% | 53.6 | 0.85 | 0.85 (0.27) | 0.88 | 0.86 (0.20) | 0.77 | 0.79 (0.17) | 0.56 | 0.61 (0.41) | |
| P-value** | 0.996 | 0.993 | 0.264 | 0.004 | |||||||||
* Mann–Whitney U test
** Kruskal–Wallis test