Table 3 Overview of the study population
No. of risk factors | Risk factors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients number (N = 82) | Diabetes (n = 10) | Hypertension (n = 28) | HIV infection (n = 44) | Ototoxic medication (n = 45) | Pre-existing hearing loss (n = 28) | |
0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
2 | 43 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 31 | 10 |
3 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |