Table 10.

Univariate association between patients’ and treatment characteristics versus a successful recovery defined as Δ3PTAmax_abs ≥ 10 dB (N = 84)

Parameter	Δ3PTAmaxabs˂10 dB	Δ3PTAmaxabs ≥ 10 dB	p
Patients´characteristics
Gender			0.083
Male	27	18
Female	16	23
Side			0.524
Right	25	21
Left	18	20
Tinnitus			0.325
Yes	25	24
No	16	17
n.a	2	0
Vertigo			0.027
Yes	19	8
No	23	33
n.a	1	0
Smoking			0.557
Yes	11	9
No	32	31
n.a	0	1
Coronary heart disease			0.531
Yes	5	6
No	38	34
n.a	0	1
Diabetes mellitus type II			0.653
Yes	9	7
No	34	34
Hypercholesterolemia			0.439
Yes	8	5
No	35	35
n.a	0	1
Arterial hypertension			0.850
Yes	25	23
No	18	18
Comorbidity			0.454
Yes	17	13
No	26	23
Prior outpatient treatment			0.032
Yes	14	24
No	27	17
n.a	2	0
Surgical treatment			0.835
Yes	23	21
No	20	20

3PTAmax (PTA of the three most affected frequencies), ΔPTA_abs (Absolute hearing gain)