Table 2.

Baseline clinical characteristics between the responders and the non-responders (mean ± SD).

	Responder (n=42)	Non-Responder (n=44)	Ρ
Age(year)	46.95±11.41	52.00±10.52	0.036*
Gender(male/female)	21/21	20/24	0.673
Education(year)	12.86±3.11	11.95±3.25	0.192
Mean HT (dB)	15.90±3.07	15.94±2.05	0.951
Duration(month)	41.05±31.80	47.66±36.12	0.371
SAS score	40.55±5.46	39.55±5.50	0.399
SDS score	41.55±5.91	40.68±5.22	0.473
TQ score	51.75±11.72	50.80±13.04	0.723

Abbreviations: SAS, Self-Rating Anxiety Scale; SDS, Self-Rating Depression Scale; TQ, Tinnitus Questionnaire; HT, Hearing threshold.

^⁎P value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant, two-sample t-tests.