Table 4.
Odds ratio for age-related hearing loss by body mass index tertile
| Model | Men |
Women |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low T (ref) | Middle T | High T | Low T (ref) | Middle T | High T | |
| Model 1 | ||||||
| OR (95% CI) | - | 1.013 (0.777–1.322) | 0.912 (0.700–1.190) | - | 0.867 (0.690–1.090) | 0.916 (0.729–1.150) |
| P-value | - | 0.922 | 0.498 | - | 0.221 | 0.449 |
| Model 2 | ||||||
| OR (95% CI) | - | 1.115 (0.846–1.468) | 1.096 (0.832–1.445) | - | 0.960 (0.754–1.222) | 1.093 (0.858–1.391) |
| P-value | - | 0.440 | 0.514 | - | 0.471 | 0.471 |
| Model 3 | ||||||
| OR (95% CI) | - | 1.115 (0.814–1.526) | 1.231 (0.894–1.695) | - | 0.976 (0.743–1.282) | 1.054 (0.800–1.389) |
| P-value | - | 0.498 | 0.202 | - | 0.864 | 0.709 |
T, tertile; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
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.