Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants categorized according to self-reported difficulty in hearing
No hearing difficulties (n = 276) | Mild hearing difficulties (n = 381) | Major hearing difficulties (n = 187) | |||||
Median | IQR | Median | IQR | Median | IQR | pa | |
Age | 79.0 | 6.0 | 80.0 | 8.0 | 81.0 | 8.0 | <.001 |
Education in years | 9.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | .224 |
MMSE score | 27.0 | 3.0 | 27.0 | 3.0 | 26.0 | 4.0 | <.001 |
% | (n) | % | (n) | % | (n) | pb | |
Women | 63.4 | 175 | 59.3 | 226 | 65.2 | 122 | .328 |
Hearing aid owner | 1.5 | 4 | 10.0 | 38 | 38.2 | 71 | <.001 |
Cardiac diseases | 31.9 | 88 | 43.6 | 166 | 54.5 | 102 | <.001 |
Circulatory diseases | 58.0 | 160 | 69.6 | 265 | 68.4 | 128 | .005 |
Diabetes | 15.9 | 44 | 17.8 | 68 | 19.8 | 37 | .562 |
Neurological diseases | 6.9 | 19 | 6.8 | 26 | 8.0 | 15 | .859 |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 4.0 | 11 | 5.0 | 19 | 8.0 | 15 | .153 |