Table 2.
Multivariate analyses of hearing thresholds by body mass index tertile
| Model | Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low T | Middle T | High T | P-value | Low T | Middle T | High T | P-value | |
| Model 2 | ||||||||
| Low-Freq | 24.2±0.7 | 24.0±0.7 | 23.0±0.7 | 0.482 | 25.6±0.6 | 25.8±0.6 | 25.0±0.6 | 0.659 |
| Mid-Freq | 38.7±0.9 | 38.2±0.9 | 39.3±0.9 | 0.690 | 33.4±0.7 | 32.3±0.7 | 32.0±0.7 | 0.283 |
| High-Freq | 58.8±0.9 | 57.9±0.9 | 59.3±0.9 | 0.580 | 48.0±0.7 | 46.8±0.7 | 46.2±0.7 | 0.201 |
| Model 3 | ||||||||
| Low-Freq | 22.7±0.7 | 22.3±0.7 | 22.4±0.7 | 0.909 | 24.7±0.6 | 25.3±0.6 | 23.6±0.6 | 0.445 |
| Mid-Freq | 37.7±1.0 | 37.2±0.9 | 38.5±0.9 | 0.621 | 32.1±0.7 | 30.9±0.6 | 30.7±0.7 | 0.241 |
| High-Freq | 57.8±1.0 | 57.1±1.0 | 58.8±1.0 | 0.451 | 46.6±0.7 | 45.6±0.7 | 45.3±0.7 | 0.415 |
Values are presented as mean±SE.
T, tertile; Freq, frequency.
Model 2 was adjusted for age and model 3 was adjusted for age, mean daily alcohol intake, smoking, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, exposure to explosive noise, and exposure to occupational noise.