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. 2018 Oct 4;10(10):1429. doi: 10.3390/nu10101429

Table 3.

Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals of coffee consumption for tinnitus.

Univariable Analysis Multivariable Analysis *
Frequency of Coffee Consumption Tinnitus Tinnitus-Related Annoyance Tinnitus Tinnitus-Related Annoyance
OR (95% CI) p-Value OR (95% CI) p-Value OR (95% CI) p-Value OR (95% CI) p-Value
Age 19–39
Rarely Reference Reference Reference Reference
Monthly 0.99 (0.71, 1.39) 0.9688 0.81 (0.42, 1.57) 0.5382 1.09 (0.77, 1.54) 0.6366 0.94 (0.48, 1.84) 0.8541
Weekly 0.99 (0.77, 1.27) 0.9129 0.56 (0.33, 0.95) 0.0298 1.05 (0.81, 1.37) 0.7013 0.58 (0.34, 1.01) 0.0529
Daily 0.77 (0.62, 0.96) 0.0186 0.72 (0.48, 1.07) 0.1043 0.80 (0.63 ,1.00) 0.0548 0.76 (0.50, 1.16) 0.2035
Age 40–64
Rarely Reference Reference Reference Reference
Monthly 0.89 (0.64, 1.24) 0.4998 0.75 (0.43, 1.31) 0.3159 0.92 (0.65, 1.29) 0.6210 0.75 (0.42, 1.35) 0.3376
Weekly 0.92 (0.72, 1.17) 0.4892 0.96 (0.66, 1.41) 0.8349 0.97 (0.75, 1.25) 0.8249 1.07 (0.72, 1.60) 0.7322
Daily 0.81 (0.67, 0.99) 0.0357 0.76 (0.55, 1.03) 0.0795 0.90 (0.73, 1.10) 0.3066 0.92 (0.66, 1.29) 0.6464
Age ≥ 65
Rarely Reference Reference Reference Reference
Monthly 0.99 (0.64, 1.52) 0.9463 0.84 (0.48, 1.48) 0.5530 1.02 (0.63, 1.65) 0.9417 0.94 (0.49, 1.78) 0.8446
Weekly 0.72 (0.53, 0.98) 0.0357 0.68 (0.46, 1.01) 0.0582 0.71 (0.51, 1.00) 0.0514 0.74 (0.48, 1.16) 0.1881
Daily 0.82 (0.65, 1.05) 0.1109 0.63 (0.46, 0.85) 0.0026 0.95 (0.72, 1.24) 0.6899 0.77 (0.54, 1.09) 0.1355

* Adjusted for age, sex, education, parents’ education, perceived stress, exposure to indoor secondhand smoke, current smoking, heavy drinking, drinking-related problem, menopause, history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, anemia, kidney failure, thyroid disorder, tympanic membrane perforation, cholesteatoma, otitis media with effusion, and hearing loss.