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. 2020 Jan;32(108):11–20. doi: 10.22038/ijorl.2019.37555.2229

Table 3.

The results of linear mixed model analysis for hearing loss at different frequencies

Hearing threshold 250 Hz
(p-value)
500 Hz
(p-value)
1000 Hz
(p-value)
2000 Hz
(p-value)
4000 Hz
(p-value)
8000 Hz
(p-value)
Variables
Work experience (years) 1.83
(˂0.001)
1.66
(˂0.001)
1.32
(˂0.001)
1.20
(˂0.001)
1.90
(˂0.001)
1.32
(˂0.001)
Initial hearing threshold 0.7368
(˂0.001)
0.7711
(˂0.001)
0.7308
(˂0.001)
0.6848
(˂0.001)
0.6397
(˂0.001)
0.6176
(˂0.001)
Age at employment - - -0.4136
(0.340)
-0.0841
(0.085)
- -0.1801
(˂0.001)
BMI 0.0661
(0.257)
- 0.5393
(0.040)
- - -
Systolic blood pressure - - -0.2418
(0.033)
- - -
Diastolic blood pressure - - -2.64
(0.042)
- - -
Smoking 0.2457
(0.452)
- 0.1918
(0.519)
- - -0.0079
(0.986)
Basic hearing threshold × work experience -0.0598
(˂0.001)
-0.0604
(˂0.001)
-0.0553
(˂0.001)
-0.0562
(˂0.001)
-0.0347
(˂0.001)
-0.0434
(˂0.001)
work experience × age at employment - - 0.0134
(0.055)
0.0174 (0.05) - 0.0456
(˂0.001)
work experience × smoking -0.1183 (0.033) -0.0970
(0.040)
- - -0.2024
(0.04)
Diastolic blood pressure × Age at employment - - 0.1050
(0.039)
- - -
Age at employment × BMI -0.0021 (0.175) - - - - -
Subject random intercept var (SD) 0.0980 (0.3283) 0.2336 (0.4833) 0.1826
(0.4274)
0.0415 (0.2038) 0.0547 (0.2338) 0.0812 (0.2849)
Subject random slope var (SD) 0.1077
(0.3130)
0.1331 (0.3649) 0.0734
(0.2709)
0.1487 (0.3856) 0.3363 (0.5799) 0.4373 (0.6613)
Residual var (SD) 15.52
(3.94)
15.84
(3.98)
12.47
(3.53)
13.74
(3.70)
24.93 (4.99) 30.96
(5.56)