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. 2021 Jan 22;100(3):e24056. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000024056

Table 3.

Relationship between earphone usage habits in a noisy environment and reporting of subjective hearing problems, hierarchical logistic regression model: pOR (95% CI).

Characteristics Crude model Model 1 Model 2
Earphone use
 No 1 1 1
 Yes 5.88 (1.40, 24.59) 9.24 (1.25, 68.38) 8.39 (1.12, 62.83)
Mean daily earphone usage in a noisy environment
 <80 min 1 1 1
 ≥80 min Na Na Na
Exposed to the noise of living environment ≥3 mo
 No 1 1 1
 Yes 0.72 (0.38, 1.34) 0.68 (0.34, 1.32) 0.71 (0.35, 1.44)
Momentary exposure to noise such as explosion
 No 1 1 1
 Yes 0.81 (0.46, 1.42) 0.81 (0.44, 1.50) 0.87 (0.45, 1.67)