Table 2.
Sample characteristics
| No tinnitus | Tinnitus | |||
| Any tinnitus (not bothersome† bothersome) | Not bothersome | Bothersome | ||
| n=1 38 487 | n=29 861 | n=20 110 | n=9751 | |
| Age (168 348)* | 56.4 (SD 8.2) | 58.7 (SD 7.58) | 57.5 (SD 8.22) | 58.0 (SD 7.78) |
| Sex (male; 168 348) (%) | 44.0 | 52.80 | 51.0 | 45.70 |
| Social economic status score† (168 079) | −1.12 (SD 2.92) | −0.99 (SD 3.01) | −1.02 (SD 3.00) | −0.66 (SD 3.16) |
| SRT better ear (157 574) | −7.43 (SD 1.62) | −7.07 (SD 1.96) | −7.26 (SD 1.80) | −6.91 (SD 2.13) |
| Hearing difficulties (168 348) (%) | 21.3 | 56.4 | 43.4 | 63.3 |
| Work noise exposure (166 805) (%) | 20.5 | 34.4 | 32.2 | 37.0 |
| Music noise exposure (165 977) (%) | 11.5 | 16.6 | 17.4 | 18.5 |
| Physical activity (106 989) (%) | 71.1 | 71.7 | 71.5 | 69.3 |
| Ototoxic medication (168 348) (%) | 39.2 | 46.5 | 44.6 | 53.1 |
| Alcohol drinker (168 201) (%) | 91.5 | 90.1 | 91.2 | 88.1 |
| Current or previous smoking (167 725) (%) |
43.9 | 48.5 | 47.4 | 50.7 |
| Metabolic risk (168 348) (%) | 9.1 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 13.3 |
| Neuroticism score (136 600) | 3.98 (SD 3.22) | 4.63 (SD 3.41) | 4.44 (SD 3.33) | 5.64 (SD 3.47) |
*The number in brackets indicates the number of participants that completed each measure.
†Social economic status indexed by Townsend deprivation index score; lower (more negative) score indicates less deprived (more affluent) status.
SRT, speech recognition threshold.