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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of all participants by degree of HL

From: Global cognitive function is associated with sex, educational level, occupation type, and speech recognition rate in older Chinese adults: a single-center, prospective, cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Hearing-loss degree

P Value

Normal (n = 64)

Mild (n = 70)

Moderate (n = 73)

Severe-profound (n = 12)

Age, mean (SD), years

59.92 (4.62)

63.23 (6.83)

64.42 (7.51)

66.42 (9.22)

0.001

Sex, n (%)

 Male

23 (23.47)

33 (33.67)

37 (37.75)

5 (5.10)

0.146

 Female

41 (33.88)

37 (30.58)

36 (29.75)

7 (5.79)

 

Education, n (%)

 Illiteracy

2 (16.67)

3 (25.00)

5 (41.67)

2 (16.67)

 

 Primary school

6 (23.08)

9 (34.62)

11 (42.31)

0 (0.00)

0.249

 Junior/ high school

36 (29.51)

36 (29.51)

42 (34.43)

8 (6.56)

 

 Undergraduate/ master/ PhD

20 (33.90)

22 (37.29)

15 (25.42)

2 (3.39)

 

Occupation type

 None

18 (29.03)

18 (29.03)

20 (32.26)

6 (9.68)

0.668

 Retired

35 (32.71)

33 (30.84)

36 (33.64)

3 (2.80)

 

 Physical labor

6 (24.00)

9 (36.00)

8 (32.00)

2 (8.00)

 

 Mental labor

5(20.00)

10(40.00)

9(36.00)

1(4.00)

 

Duration of HL, mean (SD), years

0.33(1.37)

1.87(4.47)

5.91(11.23)

13.21(15.15)

0.000

PTA, mean (SD), dB HL

15.94(4.71)

31.18(5.40)

49.38(5.78)

66.87(10.92)

0.000

Speech recognition rate, mean (SD), %

98.56(2.61)

94.57(10.64)

49.38(5.78)

66.88(10.92)

0.000

  1. HL hearing loss, SD standard deviation, PTA pure-tone threshold average