Table 2.

Estimated Regression Coefficients,^a Standard Errors, and Confidence Intervals from the Multivariable Linear Mixed Model

	Estimate (SE)a	95% CI	P Value
Intercept	0.95 (0.21)	(0.54, 1.36)	<0.001
High frequency × better ear × HIV−b	0.00 (reference)	--	--
High frequency × better ear × HIV+	0.16 (0.07)	(0.02, 0.29)	0.03
High frequency × worse ear × HIV−	0.67 (0.20)	(0.28, 1.05)	0.001
High frequency × worse ear × HIV+	0.78 (0.20)	(0.38, 1.17)	<0.001
Low frequency × better ear × HIV−	0.27 (0.16)	(−0.05, 0.58)	0.10
Low frequency × better ear × HIV+	0.38 (0.17)	(0.05, 0.71)	0.02
Low frequency × worse ear × HIV−	0.75 (0.16)	(0.43, 1.07)	<0.001
Low frequency × worse ear × HIV+	0.85(0.17)	(0.52, 1.18)	<0.001
Male × high frequency × worse ear	0.15 (0.08)	(−0.01, 0.31)	0.06
Male × high frequency × better ear	0.07 (0.08)	(−0.09, 0.23)	0.39
Male × low frequency × worse ear	0.12 (0.07)	(−0.01, 0.25)	0.08
Male × low frequency × better ear	0.17 (0.07)	(0.04, 0.30)	0.01
Black × high frequency × worse ear	−0.23 (0.07)	(−0.37, −0.08)	0.003
Black × high frequency × better ear	−0.26 (0.07)	(−0.40, −0.11)	<0.001
Black × low frequency × worse ear	−0.02 (0.06)	(−0.14, 0.10)	0.74
Black × low frequency × better ear	−0.05 (0.06)	(−0.17, 0.08)	0.45
Age/10c × high frequency × worse ear	0.28 (0.04)	(0.21, 0.36)	<0.001
Age/10 × high frequency × better ear	0.37 (0.04)	(0.29, 0.44)	<0.001
Age/10 × low frequency × worse ear	0.17 (0.03)	(0.11, 0.23)	<0.001
Age/10 × low frequency × better ear	0.21 (0.03)	(0.15, 0.27)	<0.001
Occupational noise exposure	0.08 (0.06)	(−0.04, 0.20)	0.18
Non-occupational noise exposure	−0.03 (0.05)	(−0.13, 0.07)	0.52

Abbreviations: SE, Standard error; CI, Confidence interval.

^ain natural log dB

^bsee Methods section for definitions of interaction terms

^cage expressed in decades