Table 4 Incidence rate, crude and adjusted hazard ratios for tinnitus among the sampled patients according to age group
From: Increased risk of tinnitus following a trigeminal neuralgia diagnosis: a one-year follow-up study
Tinnitus occurrence over 1-year follow-up | < 45 | 45 ~ 64 | > 64 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients with trigeminal neuralgia (n = 2933) | Comparison groups (n = 2862) | Patients with trigeminal neuralgia (n = 6195) | Comparison groups (n = 6196) | Patients with trigeminal neuralgia (n = 3459) | Comparison groups (n = 3529) | |
n, % | n, % | n, % | ||||
Yes | 544 (18.5) | 270 (9.4) | 1261 (20.4) | 711 (11.5) | 807 (23.3) | 575 (16.3) |
Incidence per 100 person-years (95%CI) | 20.9 (19.2 ~ 22.7) | 9.9 (8.8 ~ 11.1) | 23.1 (21.8 ~ 24.3) | 12.2 (11.3 ~ 13.1) | 26.9 (25.1 ~ 28.8) | 17.8 (16.3 ~ 19.3) |
Crude HR (95% CI) | 2.09 (1.81, 2.42)*** | 1.00 | 1.89 (1.72, 2.07)*** | 1.00 | 1.51 (1.36, 1.68)*** | 1.00 |
Adjusted a HR (95% CI) | 1.91 (1.65, 2.22)*** | 1.00 | 1.78 (1.62, 1.95)*** | 1.00 | 1.45 (1.30, 1.62)*** | 1.00 |