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Table 2 Participant characteristics

From: Exploring sex differences in auditory saliency: the role of acoustic characteristics in bottom-up attention

Variable

Mean (SD)

SE

CV

95% CI

r

p value

Age1)

      

 Male

21.4 (0.99)

0.22

0.04

20.93–21.86

0.06

0.7

 Female

21.48 (0.5)

0.10

0.02

21.26–21.69

MMSE1)

      

 Male

29.70 (0.92)

0.20

0.03

29.26–30.13

0.1

0.489

 Female

29.84 (0.55)

0.11

0.01

29.61–30.06

Right ear (dBHL)2)

      

 Male

5.62 (4.12)

0.92

0.73

3.69–7.55

0.12

0.43

 Female

4.75 (3.08)

0.61

0.64

3.47–6.02

Left ear (dBHL)2)

      

 Male

5.25 (3.23)

0.72

0.61

3.73–6.76

0.05

0.728

 Female

4.92 (3.07)

0.61

0.62

3.65–6.18

Visual cancellation task correct answer (%)1)

      

 Male

99.73 (0.83)

0.18

0.008

99.34–100.11

0.01

0.927

 Female

99.78 (0.53)

0.10

0.005

99.56–100

Accuracy (%)

      

 Male

100 (0)

0

0

100–100

 Female

100 (0)

0

0

100–100

Auditory detection task correct answer (%)1)

      

 Male

99.6 (0.82)

0.18

0.008

99.21–99.98

1

 Female

99.56 (1.00)

0.20

0.01

99.15–99.97

Accuracy (%)1)

      

 Male

99.7 (0.97)

0.21

0.009

99.24–100.15

0.24

0.109

 Female

100 (0)

0

0

100–100

  1. Statistical analysis; r = Effect size; Statistical analysis
  2. SD Standard Deviation, SE Standard error, CV Coefficient of Variation, CI Credible Interval, dBHL Decibels Hearing Level
  3. 1)Mann–Whitney U-test
  4. 2)t-test