Table 6.
Analysis of the categorical variables (tinnitus clinical characteristics) according to the tinnitus’ patients’ subgroups (with and without arterial hypertension).
| Variable | Category | Arterial hypertension subgroup |
No arterial hypertension subgroup |
p-Valuea | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Laterality | RE | 13 | 20.3 | 22 | 27.5 | 0.60 |
| LE | 15 | 23.4 | 14 | 17.5 | ||
| Bilateral | 32 | 50.0 | 41 | 51.3 | ||
| Head | 4 | 6.3 | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| Instalation | Sudden | 33 | 55.0 | 33 | 42.9 | 0.0.16 |
| Gradual | 27 | 45.0 | 44 | 57.1 | ||
| Periodicity | Constant | 45 | 70.3 | 55 | 69.6 | 0.93 |
| Intermittent | 19 | 29.7 | 24 | 30.4 | ||
aχ2 or Fisher test.
RE, right ear; LE, left ear.