Table 4.
Comparison of the groups of subjects with normal hearing and hearing loss.
| Subject Group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal Hearing (n) | Hearing Loss (n) | p-Value a,b | |||||
| n (%) | PTA(dB) | SD | n (%) | PTA(dB) | SD | ||
| Non-MetS | 38,069 (92.0%) | 11.11 | 4.96 | 3293 (7.9%) | 38.70 | 15.44 | <0.0001 * |
| Non-MetS (1 factor) |
22,635 (87.9%) | 12.25 | 5.22 | 3109 (12.1%) | 38.72 | 14.75 | <0.0001 * |
| Non-MetS (2 factors) |
13,272 (86.2%) | 12.84 | 5.23 | 2123(13.8%) | 38.16 | 13.83 | <0.0001 * |
| MetS (3 factors) | 6900 (86.2%) | 13.19 | 5.20 | 1098 (13.8%) | 37.79 | 13.56 | <0.0001 * |
| MetS (4 factors) | 2396 (84.5%) | 13.34 | 5.12 | 438 (15.5%) | 37.56 | 13.56 | <0.0001 * |
| MetS (5 factors) | 449 (83.7%) | 13.65 | 5.28 | 87 (16.3%) | 38.86 | 12.95 | <0.0001 * |
Results are reported as mean ± SD or as n (%). Abbreviations: MetS, metabolic syndrome; Non-MetS, without metabolic syndrome; PTA, pure tone audiometry. * p values between Normal hearing and Hearing loss were tested using the t-test a and chi-square b. * Statistically significant. p < 0.05.