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. 2021 Jun 29;74(Suppl 3):3887–3892. doi: 10.1007/s12070-021-02697-4

Table 3.

Notch presence in the study groups

Outcomes Notch in two ears Notch in right ear Notch in left ear
OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value OR (95% CI) p value
Model 11
No exposure 1 1 1
Noise exposure only 4.88 (2.55–9.33) < 0.0001 3.69 (2.12–6.42) < 0.0001 5.42 (2.96–9.93) < 0.0001
Solvent exposure only 1.43 (0.44–4.59) 0.544 1.41(0.53–3.71) 0.483 1.57 (0.54–4.54) 0.403
Noise and solvent exposure 12.03 (5.39–18.81) < 0.0001 9.75 (4.71–16.21( < 0.0001 14.46 (6.69–25.26) < 0.0001
Model 22
No exposure 1 1 1
Noise exposure only 4.49 (2.23–9.01) < 0.0001 3.41 (1.87–6.24) < 0.0001 4.61 (2.39–8.89) < 0.0001
Solvent exposure only 1.86 (0.55–6.22) 0.312 1.81 (0.66–4.99) 0.247 1.94 (0.64–3.91) 0.239
Noise and solvent exposure 11.72 (4.81–20.58) < 0.0001 9.91 (4.37–17.44) < 0.0001 12.83 (5.46–20.14) < 0.0001

Model 1: without adjustment

Model 2: age, working years, education level adjusted