Table 3.
Subgroup analysis of crude and adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence interval) of sudden sensory neural hearing loss in depression according to age and sex in study I.
| Characteristics | HRs of SSNHL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude† | P-value | Adjusted†‡ | P-value | |
| Young men (20–39 years old, n = 33,400) | ||||
| Depression | 1.17 (0.71–1.93) | 0.531 | 0.99 (0.60–1.64) | 0.967 |
| Control I | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Young women (20–39 years old, n = 63,715) | ||||
| Depression | 1.20 (0.85–1.70) | 0.311 | 1.08 (0.76–1.53) | 0.688 |
| Control I | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Middle aged men (40–59 years old, n = 40,510) | ||||
| Depression | 1.39 (1.00–1.92) | 0.047* | 1.22 (0.88–1.70) | 0.229 |
| Control I | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Middle aged women (40–59 years old, n = 78,620) | ||||
| Depression | 1.54 (1.25–1.90) | <0.001* | 1.36 (1.10–1.68) | 0.005* |
| Control I | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Old men (60 + years old, n = 29,615) | ||||
| Depression | 1.05 (0.69–1.58) | 0.832 | 0.92 (0.61–1.40) | 0.709 |
| Control I | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
| Old women (60 + years old, n = 57,730) | ||||
| Depression | 1.24 (0.86–1.47) | 0.386 | 1.03 (0.79–1.34) | 0.836 |
| Control I | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
*Cox-proportional hazard regression model, Significance at P Co0.05.
†Stratified model for age, sex, income, and region of residence.
‡Adjusted model for Charlson Comorbidity Index.