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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hear Res. 2009 Oct 22;264(1-2):3–9. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.10.008

Table 4.

Cox Proportional Hazards Model for 10-yr Incidence of Hearing Impairment Among Participants Employed at the Baseline Examination

Model 1 Model 2
Risk Factors Hazard Ratio (95%CI) Hazard Ratio (95%CI)
Age (5 yr) 1.54 (1.35,1.76) 1.83 (1.70,1.96)
Men (vs. Women) 2.13 (1.54, 2.95) 2.49 (2.00,3.10)
Education
 (<16 yrs vs 16 or more yrs)		 1.95 (1.29, 2.93) 1.55 (1.18, 2.04)
Marital Status
 (Not Married vs Married)		 1.31 (0.93, 1.84) 1.32 (1.05, 1.65)
Occupation – Current Job
 (Production, Operator or Farmer vs
Managerial, Technical or Service)		 1.14 (0.81, 1.61) Not included
Reported Noisy Job (Current) Not included 1.16 (0.81, 1.66)