Table 2.
Average of the factors that could influence or not the tympanic membrane perforation repair.
| Age | T wt/otor | T ds | Inf/year | % perf | Income/m | GAP pre | GAP pos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR | 26,39 | 42,06 | 12,33 | 4,17 | 37,22 | 734,72 | 26,11 | 23,89 |
| NPR | 25,11 | 9,90 | 11,57 | 5,26 | 43,16 | 573,68 | 21,05 | 2,37 |
| p statistic | 0,165 | 0,001* | 0,631 | 0,703 | 0,539 | 0,388 | 0,800 | 0,002* |
PR: perforation repair/ NPR: no perforation repair/ T wt/otor: Time without otorrhea in months/ T ds: Disease time in years/ Inf/year: infections per year % perf: percentage of perforation/ Income/m: monthly income in reals/ GAP pre: difference between bone conduction and air conduction in tonal audiometry in the preoperative / GAP pos: difference between bone conduction and air conduction in tonal audiometry in the postoperative
*
Values statistically significant by the T test.