Table 3 Association between different factors and hearing improvement in patients in this study
From: Effectiveness of oral corticosteroids (prednisolone) in sensorineural hearing loss post COVID-19
| Â | Hearing improvement | Mann-Whitney and Fisher exact tests | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No 7 (35.0%) | Yes 13 (65.0%) | p-value | |||
Age (years) | Median (IQR) | 51.0 (51.0–53.0) | 36.0 (35.0–44.0) | 0.011* | |
Mean rank | 15.0 | 8.08 | |||
Sex | Female | N | 1 | 5 | 0.354 |
% | 14.3% | 38.5% | |||
Male | N | 6 | 8 | ||
% | 85.7% | 61.5% | |||
Onset of HL (months) | Median (IQR) | 3.0 (2.0–3.0) | 1.5 (1.5–2.0) | 0.006* | |
Mean rank | 15.29 | 7.92 | |||
Time of starting steroids (days) | Median (IQR) | 21.0 (14.0–21.0) | 7.0 (5.0–14.0) | 0.008* | |
Mean rank | 15.14 | 8.0 | |||
General disease | No | N | 3 | 11 | 0.078 |
% | 42.9% | 84.6% | |||
Yes | N | 4 | 2 | ||
% | 57.1% | 15.4% | |||
HL configuration | Flat | N | 1 | 4 | 0.716 |
% | 14.3% | 30.8% | |||
High | N | 3 | 3 | ||
% | 42.9% | 23.1% | |||
Low | N | 3 | 6 | ||
% | 42.9% | 46.2% | |||