TABLE 1.
Patient demographics
| Group | Surgerya | Patientb | Sexc | Aged | Sidee | Stagef | Ethnicity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controls | Cochlear implant | C_CI_1 | F | 12 | L | European | |
| C_CI_2 | M | 18 m | L | European | |||
| C_CI_3 | F | 5 | R | Chinese | |||
| C_CI_4 | F | 4 | L | European | |||
| C_CI_5 | M | 4 | L | African | |||
| C_CI_6 | F | 14 | L | European | |||
| C_CI_7 | F | 14 | R | Indonesian | |||
| C_CI_8 | M | 70 | L | European | |||
| C_CI_9 | F | 85 | R | European | |||
| C_CI_10 | M | 15 | R | Maori | |||
| C_CI_11 | M | 10 | R | European | |||
| C_CI_12 | F | 7 m | R | Polynesian | |||
| C_CI_13 | M | 6 | R | Maori | |||
| C_CI_14 | M | 53 | R | European | |||
| C_CI_15 | F | 6 m | R | Chinese | |||
| Tumor | C_T_1 | M | 65 | L | European | ||
| C_T_2 | M | 52 | R | European | |||
| C_T_3 | M | 72 | R | Indian | |||
| C_T_4 | M | 57 | L | European | |||
| C_T_5 | M | 61 | R | European | |||
| C_T_6 | M | 36 | L | Vietnamese | |||
| C_T_7 | M | 63 | R | European | |||
| Cholesteatoma | CWD | CWD_Ch_1 | F | 71 | L | 4 | European |
| CWD_Ch_2 | M | 74 | R | 2 | Chinese | ||
| CWD_Ch_3 | M | 45 | R | 4 | Indian | ||
| CWD_Ch_4 | M | 4 | R | 4 | Indian | ||
| CWD_Ch_5 | M | 12 | R | 4 | Polynesian | ||
| CWD_Ch_6 | F | 55 | L | 4 | Maori | ||
| CWU | CWU_Ch_1 | M | 6 | R | 4 | Polynesian | |
| CWU_Ch_2 | M | 19 | R | 3 | Chinese | ||
| CWU_Ch_3 | M | 5 | R | 2 | Maori | ||
| CWU_Ch_4 | F | 66 | R | 2 | European | ||
| CWU_Ch_5 | F | 7 | R | 4 | European | ||
| CWU_Ch_6 | M | 29 | L | 4 | Polynesian | ||
| CWU_Ch_7 | F | 7 | L | 2 | European | ||
| CWU_Ch_8 | M | 40 | R | 4 | European | ||
| CWU_Ch_9 | M | 7 | L | 2 | European | ||
| CWU_Ch_10 | M | 17 | R | 1 | Polynesian | ||
| No cholesteatoma | CWD | CWD_NC_1 | F | 75 | R | European | |
| CWD_NC_2 | M | 30 | R | European | |||
| CWD_NC_3 | M | 46 | R | Maori | |||
| CWD_NC_4 | M | 52 | L | European | |||
| CWD_NC_5 | F | 73 | R | Maori | |||
| CWU | CWU_NC_1 | M | 7 | R | Indian | ||
| CWU_NC_2 | F | 44 | L | Polynesian | |||
| CWU_NC_3 | M | 1 | L | Maori |
a
CWD, canal wall up; CWD, canal wall down.
b
CI, cochlear implant; T, tumor; Ch, cholesteatoma; NC, no cholesteatoma.
c
F, female; M, male.
d
Age in years or months (m).
e
L, left; R, right.
f
Stage: 1 to 6 (6 represents the most extensive disease).