Metabolic Syndrome Is not an Independent Risk Factor for Hearing Impairment.
J Nutr Health Aging
; 20(8): 816-824, 2016.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27709230
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
We aimed to investigate the association between metabolic syndrome (MS) and hearing impairment (HI) using nationally representative data from Korean adults. DESIGN, SETTING ANDPARTICIPANTS:
A total of 16,799 subjects (≥19 years old; 7,170 men and 9,629 women) who underwent pure tone audiometry testing were included in the analysis. Data were obtained from the fifth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2010-2012). Subjects were divided into two groups according to the presence of MS.RESULTS:
Among the subjects with MS, 47% had HI. Logistic regression analysis revealed that MS was not an independent risk factor for HI, although increased fasting plasma glucose (OR 1·4, 95% CI 1·1-1·8) was independently associated with HI. In addition, older age, male sex, very low body mass index (≤17·5 kg/m2), lower education level, smoking history, and occupational noise exposure were independently associated with HI. For low-frequency HI, independent risk factors included older age, lower educational level, lower economic status, and very low BMI (≤17·5 kg/m2). For high-frequency HI, independent risk factors included older age, male sex, lower educational level, lower economic status, increased blood pressure, lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and smoking history.CONCLUSIONS:
MS itself was not an independent risk factor for HI, and, among the individual metabolic components, only increased fasting plasma glucose was independently associated with HI.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Metabolic Syndrome
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Glucose
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Hearing Loss
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
J Nutr Health Aging
Journal subject:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
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GERIATRIA
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article