Table 1. Group comparisons of demographic and clinical variables among patients with tinnitus (N=1,705).

All participants were divided into four groups including normal anxiety sensitivity and hearing level (AS-/NL), normal anxiety sensitivity and hearing loss (AS/-HL), high anxiety sensitivity and normal hearing (AS+/NH), and high anxiety sensitivity and hearing loss (AS+/HL). Hearing loss was considered if pure-tone average >25 dB. The ASI cutoff for high anxiety sensitivity set at >21. ^*p<0.05 vs. AS-/NH, ^**p<0.05 vs. AS-/HL, ^***p<0.05 vs. AS+/NL. THI: Tinnitus Handicap Inventory, ASI: Anxiety Sensitivity Index, HADS: Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale