Table 3.
Multiple linear regression analysis using body mass index for predicting hearing thresholds
| Model | Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS-β±SE | P-value | NS-β±SE | P-value | |
| Model 1 | ||||
| Low-Freq | –0.249±0.147 | 0.092 | –0.281±0.117 | 0.016 |
| Mid-Freq | –0.135±0.185 | 0.466 | –0.496±0.126 | <0.001 |
| High-Freq | –0.204±0.152 | 0.278 | –0.616±0.117 | <0.001 |
| AHT | –0.190±0.152 | 0.211 | –0.358±0.117 | 0.002 |
| Model 2 | ||||
| Low-Freq | 0.039±0.143 | 0.785 | –0.070±0.112 | 0.531 |
| Mid-Freq | 0.183±0.181 | 0.312 | –0.242±0.119 | 0.042 |
| High-Freq | 0.085±0.185 | 0.646 | –0.315±0.126 | 0.012 |
| AHT | 0.103±0.147 | 0.483 | –0.133±0.111 | 0.232 |
| Model 3 | ||||
| Low-Freq | 0.101±0.142 | 0.478 | –0.100±0.107 | 0.348 |
| Mid-Freq | 0.201±0.194 | 0.299 | –0.213±0.118 | 0.070 |
| High-Freq | 0.139±0.207 | 0.501 | –0.239±0.132 | 0.071 |
| AHT | 0.154±0.150 | 0.304 | –0.112±0.105 | 0.287 |
NS-β, nonstandardized β; Freq, frequency; AHT, average hearing threshold.
Model 1 was unadjusted, 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.