Prevalence rates of tinnitus, hearing loss, vertigo and sudden deafness among patients with Sjogren’s syndrome versus comparison patients
| Variable | Total (n=81 064) | Patients with Sjogren’s syndrome (n=20 266) | Comparison patients (n=60 798) | P value | |||
| n, % | n, % | ||||||
| Presence of tinnitus | 5851 | 7.2 | 2043 | 10.1 | 3808 | 6.3 | <0.001 |
| Presence of hearing loss | 3169 | 3.9 | 1133 | 5.6 | 2036 | 3.3 | <0.001 |
| Presence of vertigo | 2881 | 3.6 | 935 | 4.6 | 1946 | 3.2 | <0.001 |
| Presence of sudden deafness | 525 | 0.7 | 165 | 0.8 | 360 | 0.6 | <0.001 |