Table 2 Waist Circumference and Risk of Self-Reported Hearing Loss among CHARLS Study, HRs (95%CIs)

Whole cohort

Cases

829

336

807

Deaths

364

112

275

Case/PYs(1000)

29.32 (27.39,31.39)

25.45 (22.87,28.32)

24.55 (22.91, 26.30)

Unadjusted HR (95%CI)

1.00 (Ref)

0.86(0.76,0.98) ^*

0.83(0.76,0.92)^*

Unadjusted SHR (95%CI) ^§

1.00 (Ref)

0.88(0.78,1.00)

0.85(0.77,0.93)^*

Multivariate-adjusted HR^† (95%CI)

1.00 (Ref)

0.93(0.81,1.07)

0.84(0.75,0.94)^*

Multivariate-adjusted SHR^† (95%CI)^§

1.00 (Ref)

0.95(0.83,1.08)

0.87(0.78,0.98)^*

Men

Cases

502

155

228

Deaths

266

64

137

Case/PYs(1000)

28.66(26.26,31.28)

25.13

(21.47,29.42)

18.49

(16.24,21.06)

Unadjusted HR (95%CI)

1.00 (Ref)

0.88(0.73,1.05)

0.65(0.55,0.76)^*

Unadjusted SHR (95%CI) ^§

1.00 (Ref)

0.89(0.75,1.07)

0.66(0.56,0.77)^*

Multivariate-adjusted HR^† (95%CI)

1.00 (Ref)

1.01(0.83,1.23)

0.76(0.63,0.91)^*

Multivariate-adjusted SHR^† (95%CI)^§

1.00 (Ref)

1.04(0.86,1.26)

0.78(0.65,0.94)^*

Women

Cases

327

181

579

Deaths

98

48

138

Case/PYs(1000)

30.40

(27.28,33.88)

25.72

(22.24,29.76)

28.19

(25.98,30.58)

Unadjusted HR (95%CI)

1.00 (Ref)

0.84(0.70,1.01)

0.92(0.80,1.05)

Unadjusted SHR (95%CI) ^§

1.00 (Ref)

0.85(0.71,1.02)

0.93(0.81,1.06)

Multivariate-adjusted HR^† (95%CI)

1.00 (Ref)

0.87(0.72, 1.06)

0.89(0.76, 1.03)

Multivariate-adjusted SHR^†(95%CI)^§

1.00 (Ref)

0.88(0.72,1.06)

0.91(0.79,1.06)