Table 2. Basics characteristics in groups with different hearing recovery, n = 127 respectively n = 59.
| Variable | All patients stratified for hearing recovery | ||||
| None | 1–10 dB | > 10 dB | p | ||
| n = 43 (33.9%) | n = 46 (36.2%) | n = 38 (29.9%) | |||
| Basic patients' characteristics | Age in years, mean (sd) | 53.4 (16.8) | 52.8 (19.1) | 53.8 (15.3) | 0.966# |
| Female gender, n (%) | 25 (58.1) | 21 (45.7) | 16 (42.1) | 0.146§ | |
| Smoker, n (%)& | 21 (48.8) | 24 (54.6) | 23 (62.2) | 0.236§ | |
| Tinnitus, n (%)&& | 30 (75.0) | 32 (72.7) | 29 (78.4) | 0.741§ | |
| Vertigo, n (%)&& | 24 (58.5) | 13 (29.6) | 9 (24.3) | 0.002§ | |
| Laboratory values | GPIa-gene | ||||
| CC (wild type), n (%) | 29 (67.4) | 31 (67.4) | 30 (79.0) | 0.268§ | |
| TC or TT, n (%) | 14 (32.6) | 15 (23.6) | 8 (21.1) | ||
| BcLI-gene | |||||
| CC (wild type), n (%) | 27 (62.8) | 29 (63.0) | 26 (68.4) | 0.606§ | |
| TC or TT, n (%) | 16 (37.2) | 17 (37.0) | 12 (31.6) | ||
| A312-gene | |||||
| CC (wild type), n (%) | 28 (65.1) | 27 (58.7) | 22 (57.9) | 0.501§ | |
| TC or TT, n (%) | 15 (34.9) | 19 (41.3) | 16 (42.1) | ||
| HaeIII-gene | |||||
| CC (wild type), n (%) | 26 (60.5) | 26 (56.5) | 26 (68.4) | 0.485§ | |
| TC or TT, n (%) | 17 (39.5) | 20 (43.5) | 12 (31.6) | ||
| Fibrinogen in mg/dl, mean (sd) | 306.0 (91.5) | 266.6 (62.2) | 267.2 (76.3) | 0.029$ | |
| Receptor density | GPIa, mean (SD), n = 53$$ | 4,162.9 (1,398.1) | 4,929.9 (1,104.1) | 4,590.6 (940.2) | 0.169$ |
| (n = 59/53) | GPIb, mean (SD) | 43,604.1 (5,099.6) | 45,947.0 (5,361.6) | 43,300.1 (5,118.5) | 0.239$ |
| GPIIIa, mean (SD) | 56,658.1 (5,433.4) | 58,976.9 (6,377.1) | 54,190.3 (5,516.4) | 0.037$ | |
Sd = standard deviation; # = Kruskal-Walis-Test; & = data missing on 3 patients; && = data missing on 6 patients; § = Mantel-Haenszel Chi-square test; CC = wild type, TC = heterozygous; TT = homozygous; $ = ANOVA, $$ = 6 outlier removed.