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. 2022 Sep 16;13:49. doi: 10.1186/s13293-022-00457-9

Table 3.

Mean hearing thresholds plotted in Fig. 5 and probabilities female mean thresholds = male mean thresholds

Grant et al. data 500 Hz 1 kHz 2 kHz 3 kHz 4 kHz 6 kHz
Female left ear 3.570 0.216 1.708 1.121 2.881 6.255
Male left ear 6.169 2.275 2.364 4.015 5.470 7.261
prob (female mean = male mean) 0.000 0.000 0.026 0.000 0.000 0.010
Female right ear 3.251 0.658 2.160 1.440 2.109 5.607
Male right ear 5.408 1.809 1.750 3.140 4.595 5.539
prob (female mean = male mean) 0.000 0.000 0.163 0.000 0.000 0.859
NHANES data 500 Hz 1 kHz 2 kHz 3 kHz 4 kHz 6 kHz 8 kHz
Female left ear 7.027 4.265 4.194 3.404 4.279 9.555 7.243
Male left ear 6.805 4.638 4.240 5.019 5.488 9.033 7.081
prob (female mean = male mean) 0.107 0.005 0.760 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.368
Female right ear 7.319 4.719 4.303 3.685 4.647 8.963 7.517
Male right ear 6.866 4.684 3.695 4.566 5.171 8.139 6.939
prob (female mean = male mean) 0.001 0.798 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.000 0.001