Autonomic Conditions in Tinnitus and Implications for Korean Medicine

Table 2

Sex and age distributions of the study participants.

Variables	Healthy controls (𝑛=40)	Tinnitus patients		𝑃 value
		Acute (𝑛=19)	Chronic (𝑛=21)
Sex
Male	20	11	9	0.637
Female	20	8	12
Age, y (mean ± SD)	46.53 ± 14.23	45.21 ± 12.46	47.81 ± 15.87	0.848
Age subgroup
19–29 y	7	3	4
30–39 y	3	2	1
40–49 y	10	5	5
50–59 y	13	7	6
60–69 y	5	2	3
>70 y	2	0	2

Data are 𝑛 or mean ± SD. Sex distribution was evaluated using the Chi-square test. Age was evaluated by analysis of variance (ANOVA). Statistical significance was set at a 𝑃 value < 0.05.