TABLE 2.
Participant characteristics.
| Characteristics | Participants |
p-value | ||
| All (n = 203) | Tinnitus (n = 94) | No tinnitus (n = 109) | ||
| Age | 53 (18–84 years) | 55 (19–76 years) | 50 (18–84 years) | 0.018 |
| Sex (male) | 113 (56%) | 60 (64%) | 53 (49%) | |
| Hearing thresholds | ||||
| PTA (2, 4, and 8 kHz) | 31 (−3 to 88) | 43 (-3 to 88) | 19 (-3 to 77) | <0.001 |
| 250 Hz | 13 (−3 to 80) | 15 (-3 to 80) | 13 (-3 to 55) | 0.009D |
| 500 Hz | 13 (-5 to 70) | 15 (-5 to 70) | 10 (-3 to 60) | 0.002D |
| 1 kHz | 10 (-5 to 65) | 18 (-5 to 65) | 8 (-5 to 53) | 0.006D |
| 2 kHz | 18 (-8 to 68) | 23 (-5 to 68) | 10 (−8 to 60) | 0.001D |
| 4 kHz | 28 (-5 to 98) | 45 (-5 to 98) | 18 (-5 to 80) | <0.001D |
| 8 kHz | 40 (-3 to 115) | 60 (0 to 115) | 28 (-3 to 98) | <0.001D |
| THI score | 35 (4–82) | 35 (4–82) | ||
Data is presented as median (range) or n (%). p-values are based on Mann-Whitney-U tests to determine differences between tinnitus and non-tinnitus participants. DThreshold for significance is Bonferroni corrected; p < 0.05/6 = 0.008.