Table 1.
Demographic data of patients having normal and abnormal IMT
| IMT | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| <1 mm (n:162) mean ± SD | ≥1 mm (n:53) mean ± SD | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 54 (33.3 %) | 30 (56.6 %) | 0.003* |
| Female | 108 (66.7 %) | 23 (43.4 %) | |
| Age (years) | 49.04 ± 13.67 | 59.40 ± 7.79 | 0.001* |
| Duration of Tinnitus (month) | 42.29 ± 45.56 | 48.16 ± 47.57 | 0.421 |
| Hearing loss | |||
| Present | 111 (68.5 %) | 47 (88.7 %) | 0.004* |
| Non-present | 51 (31.5 %) | 6 (11.3 %) | |
| Diabetes | 14 (8.6 %) | 6 (11.3 %) | 0.560 |
| Hypertension | 26 (16.0 %) | 15 (28.3 %) | 0.049* |
| THI | 39.22 ± 17.77 | 45.07 ± 16.63 | 0.036* |
| VAS | 4.55 ± 1.79 | 5.37 ± 1.88 | 0.005* |
| Haemoglobin | 14.08 ± 1.86 | 14.56 ± 1.39 | 0.086 |
| Total-C (mg/dl) | 193.99 ± 41.52 | 212.83 ± 46.14 | 0.006* |
| VLDL (mg/dl) | 31.91 ± 18.67 | 39.21 ± 25.60 | 0.059 |
| LDL (mg/dl) | 113.18 ± 36.71 | 131.51 ± 38.12 | 0.002* |
| HDL (mg/dl) | 47.69 ± 11.63 | 45.60 ± 11.72 | 0.257 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dl) | 155.98 ± 85.66 | 196.28 ± 130.12 | 0.039* |
| B12 | 371.80 ± 219.84 | 386.54 ± 262.29 | 0.687 |
| Folic acid | 7.52 ± 3.61 | 7.32 ± 2.43 | 0.813 |
Total-C total cholesterol, VLDL very low density lipoprotein, LDL low density lipoprotein, HDL high density lipoprotein, HDL high density lipoprotein, THI tinnitus handicap inventory, VAS visual analogue scale
* p < 0.05