The association between dietary total antioxidant capacity and hearing loss: results from the Tehran employees Cohort Study

Table 3 Prevalence of hearing loss among study participants across quintiles of dTAC (%)

	Quintiles of dietary total antioxidant capacity (mmol/d)						P-value
	Q1 (n = 686) (≤ 8.2)	Q2 (n = 688) (8.2–9.15)	Q3 (n = 687) (9.15–10.15)	Q4 (n = 689) (10.15–11.7)	Q5 (n = 688) (≥ 11.7)	Overall	P-value
Whole Population	33.31	33.43	35.62	30.82	33.52	33.35	0.47
Men
< 40 years	34.41	26.89	30.31	19.23	22.45	26.74	0.06
> 40 years	51.72	54.45	64.24	54.14	57.01	56.22	0.23
Women
< 40 years	17.91	13.02	15.71	15.72	20.92	16.62	0.26
> 40 years	35.44	42.23	38.62	33.63	34.95	36.93	0.36

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