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Table 2 Distribution of medical history and psychiatric variables according to NS

From: Noise sensitivity, rather than noise level, predicts the non-auditory effects of noise in community samples: a population-based survey

 

Total

Low NS (n = 1028)

High NS (n = 808)

p-value

Odds ratio

95% CI for Exp(B)

 

Lower

Upper

Medical history, n (%)

      

Hypertension

250 (13.6)

129 (12.5)

121 (15)

0.132

1.227

0.940

1.603

Tinnitus

163 (8.9)

78 (7.6)

85 (10.5)

0.028

1.432

1.038

1.976

Diabetes

111 (6.0)

51 (5.0)

60 (7.4)

0.028

1.536

1.044

2.257

Hyperlipidemia

103 (5.6)

46 (4.5)

57 (7.1)

0.017

1.620

1.086

2.417

Antipsychotics

85 (4.6)

36 (3.5)

49 (6.1)

0.009

1.779

1.145

2.764

Psychiatric variables, n (%)

      

Depression

115 (6.3)

43 (4.2)

72 (8.9)

<0.001

2.239

1.517

3.306

Stress

44 (2.4)

18 (1.8)

26 (3.3)

0.038

1.885

1.026

3.463

Insomnia

131 (7.1)

52 (5.1)

79 (9.9)

<0.001

2.051

1.427

2.984

Anxiety

62 (3.4)

25 (2.4)

37 (4.6)

0.013

1.932

1.153

3.236

  1. A univariate analysis was used to compare subjects with high and low NS.
  2. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, NS noise sensitivity