Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official
government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you've safely
connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive
information only on official, secure websites.
Baseline characteristics of the 3 cohorts.
| Baseline characteristics | NC-HI (N = 30) | MCI-HI (N = 30) | D-HI (N = 15) | F | P-value |
| Age | 75.27 (SD = 5.88) | 83.80 (SD = 6.42) | 80.80 (SD = 8.53) | 12.43 | <0.005 |
| Education years | 16.07 (SD = 3.69) | 13.27 (SD = 4.17) | 10.53 (SD = 3.87) | 10.47 | <0.005 |
| Better-ear pure-tone average (PTA) | 48.87 (SD = 18.05) | 47.75 (SD = 14.90) | 45.33 (SD = 14.14) | 0.24 | 0.79 |
