Table 9. Correlation between various potential prognostic blood factors and audiogram shape and hearing recovery rate.
| Audiogram shape | Hearing recovery rate | ||
| Factors | R | P value | |
| Flat | None | – | – |
| High-pitch sloping | Fibrinogen | −0.406 | 0.04 |
| ESR | −0.639 | 0.01 | |
| Total deafness | WBC | −0.397 | 0.03 |
| FBS | −0.447 | 0.03 | |
| LDL | −0.655 | 0.02 | |
| Hct | +0.661 | 0.00 | |
| Low and high | None | – | – |
| Middle-pitch notch | Fibrinogen | −0.625 | 0.01 |
| TG | +0.563 | 0.01 | |
| Other | WBC | −0.312 | 0.02 |
+, Positive correlation; –, negative correlation; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; FBS, fasting blood sugar; Hct, hematocrit; LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Plt, platelets; PT, prothrombin time; TG, triglycerides; WBC, white blood cell count.