Obesity and risk of hearing loss: A prospective cohort study

The existing yet limited prospective studies reported conflicting results about obesity and hearing loss. We investigated the prospective association between obesity and hearing loss in a large-scale Japanese working population, as well as the association between metabolic phenotype and hearing loss...

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Published in:Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland) Scotland), 2020-03, Vol.39 (3), p.870-875
Main Authors: Hu, Huanhuan, Tomita, Kentaro, Kuwahara, Keisuke, Yamamoto, Makoto, Uehara, Akihiko, Kochi, Takeshi, Eguchi, Masafumi, Okazaki, Hiroko, Hori, Ai, Sasaki, Naoko, Ogasawara, Takayuki, Honda, Toru, Yamamoto, Shuichiro, Nakagawa, Tohru, Miyamoto, Toshiaki, Imai, Teppei, Nishihara, Akiko, Nagahama, Satsue, Murakami, Taizo, Shimizu, Makiko, Akter, Shamima, Kashino, Ikuko, Yamaguchi, Miwa, Kabe, Isamu, Mizoue, Tetsuya, Sone, Tomofumi, Dohi, Seitaro
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Language:English
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Body mass index
Hearing loss
Metabolic phenotype
Obesity
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Summary:The existing yet limited prospective studies reported conflicting results about obesity and hearing loss. We investigated the prospective association between obesity and hearing loss in a large-scale Japanese working population, as well as the association between metabolic phenotype and hearing loss. The study included 48,549 employees aged 20–64 years and free of hearing loss at baseline. Pure-tone audiometric testing was performed annually to identify hearing loss at 1 and 4 kHz. Cox proportional hazards regression was used to investigate the risk of hearing loss associated with body mass index (BMI) and metabolic phenotype (based on a BMI of ≥25.0/
ISSN:0261-5614
1532-1983
DOI:10.1016/j.clnu.2019.03.020