The atherogenic index (ATH index) as a potential predictive marker of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: a case control study

Table 1 Plasma lipid profiles in idiopathic SSNHL patients and control subjects

Variable	Control subjects n = 24	Idiopathic SSNHL patients n = 27	р value ¹
TC, mmol/L	4.09 (3.61; 4.63)	4.26 (3.84; 5.00)	0.168
TG, mmol/L	1.02 (0.79; 1.20)	1.23 (0.81; 1.76)	0.234
HDL-C, mmol/L	1.39 (1.12; 1.80)	1.36 (0.93;1.51)	0.129
LDL-C, mmol/L	1.92 (1.34; 2.91)	2.55 (1.87; 3.18)	0.199
TC/HDL-C	2.61 (2.05; 3.91)	3.59 (2.44; 4.33)	0.097
apoA-I, mg/dL	164.0 (104.0; 193.0)	120.0 (83.0; 143.0)	0.031
apoB, mg/dL	89.0 (70.0; 100.0)	110.0 (80.0; 162.0)	0.048
apoB/apoA-I	0.49 (0.42; 0.82)	1.00 (0.63; 1.57)	0.009
apoE, mg/dL	2.65 (1.87; 2.99)	2.43 (1.65; 3.46)	0.930
AIP	−0.17 (−0.24; − 0.06)	0.01 (− 0.12; 0.14)	0.007
ATH index	1.31 (0.64; 1.63)	2.63 (1.42; 3.46)	< 0.001

Data are presented as the median and interquartile range (25th and 75th percentile). ¹ Mann-Whitney (U) test was used to estimate differences between the groups
p-values <0.05 are shown in boldface type

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