Table 4.

Pairwise associations of cognitive performance with age, hearing loss and education at baseline.

	GML	DET	IDN	ONB	OCL	MMSE
Age Correlations
Cor	0.25	0.2	0.04	0.11	−0.11	−0.11
p-Value	0.012	0.048	0.685	0.295	0.283	0.28
BPTA Correlations
Cor	0.24	0.03	0.05	0	−0.12	−0.19
p-Value	0.016	0.76	0.61	0.974	0.238	0.064
Educ < 15
N	33	33	33	33	33	33
Mean	64.15	2.6	2.78	2.95	0.94	28.18
SD	18.28	0.09	0.06	0.08	0.13	1.38
Min	33	2.47	2.66	2.84	0.44	24
Max	119	2.79	2.9	3.17	1.18	30
Educ ≥ 15
N	65	65	65	65	65	65
Mean	52.97	2.59	2.78	2.96	0.99	29.02
SD	14.94	0.09	0.06	0.08	0.11	1.37
Min	24	2.42	2.65	2.71	0.55	24
Max	104	2.8	2.95	3.15	1.23	30
Diff Means, Educ
p-Value	0.004 *	0.396	0.594	0.843	0.061	0.006 *

BPTA = Better ear pure tone average; GML = executive function; DET = psychomotor function; ONB = working memory; IDN = visual attention; OCL = visual learning; MMSE = Mini Mental State Examination; * Significant at the 5% level.