The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 4 Comparison among the 5 studied groups regarding frequency amplitude ratio (FAR) of cVEMP bone conduction

From: Age effects on frequency amplitude ratio of cVEMP

RT cVEMP bone conduction FAR
Study group		FAR 1000/500 Hz	r FAR 1000/500 Hz
Gr 1: 20–29 years	Mean	0.54	0.64
	SD	0.19	0.24
	Min	0.292	0.368
	Max	0.92	1.13
	95% CI	0.44–0.65	0.52–0.77
Gr 2: 30–39 years	Mean	0.77	0.68
	SD	0.39	0.35
	Min	0.32	0.35
	Max	1.98	1.8
	95% CI	0.55–0.98	0.49–0.88
Gr 3: 40–49 years	Mean	0.56	0.59
	SD	0.18	0.22
	Min	0.32	0.30
	Max	0.95	1.13
	95% CI	0.46–0.65	0.47–0.70
Gr 4: 50–59 years	Mean	0.85	0.98
	SD	0.25	0.41
	Min	0.48	0.33
	Max	1.12	1.50
	95% CI	0.68–1.02	0.71–1.26
Gr 5: > 60 years	Mean	0.59	0.58
	SD	0.25	0.20
	Min	0.311	0.375
	Max	0.976	0.833
	95% CI	0.32–0.85	0.37–0.79
F		3.505	3.487
P		0.012*	0.013*

* Statistical significant difference
There were significant differences among the 5 age groups regarding FAR and r FAR of right cVEMP bone conduction

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