Table 5.

Cox proportional hazard model for tinnitus bothersomeness worse

	Bothersomeness worse n=404 χ2(15)=34.4, p=0.003
	β	95% CI		P value
		Lower	Upper
Age	0.98	0.93	1.04	0.481
Sex (male)	0.44	0.22	0.86	0.017
Social economic status				0.258
First quartile 1 (reference)				–
Second quartile	1.66	0.80	3.48	0.176
Third quartile	0.77	0.27	2.23	0.633
Fourth quartile (most deprived)	0.77	0.27	2.19	0.621
SRT better ear	1.13	1.02	1.27	0.026
Hearing difficulties (yes)	2.01	0.96	4.20	0.063
Work noise exposure (yes)	1.41	0.71	2.83	0.329
Music noise exposure (yes)	1.15	0.50	2.63	0.738
Physical activity (yes)	0.88	0.39	1.96	0.752
Ototoxic medication (yes)	1.24	0.65	2.34	0.513
Alcohol drinker (yes)	0.30	0.11	0.87	0.026
Current or previous smoking (yes)	1.61	0.83	3.11	0.156
Metabolic risk (yes)	0.67	0.22	2.04	0.485
Neuroticism score	0.95	0.86	1.06	0.381

SRT, speech recognition threshold.