The association between obesity, diet quality and hearing loss in older adults.
Autor: | Croll PH; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.; Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands., Voortman T; Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands., Vernooij MW; Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.; Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands., Baatenburg de Jong RJ; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands., Lin FR; Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA., Rivadeneira F; Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.; Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands., Ikram MA; Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands., Goedegebure A; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Aging [Aging (Albany NY)] 2019 Jan 04; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 48-62. |
DOI: | 10.18632/aging.101717 |
Abstrakt: | Background: With the aging population, the prevalence of age-related hearing loss will increase substantially. Prevention requires more knowledge on modifiable risk factors. Obesity and diet quality have been suggested to play a role in the etiology of age-related hearing loss. We aimed to investigate independent associations of body composition and diet quality with age-related hearing loss. Methods: We performed cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses (follow-up: 4.4 years) in the population-based Rotterdam Study. At baseline (2006-2014), 2,906 participants underwent assessment of body composition, diet, and hearing. Of these 2,906 participants, 636 had hearing assessment at follow-up (2014-2016). Association of body composition and of diet quality with hearing loss were examined using multivariable linear regression models. Results: Cross-sectionally, higher body mass index and fat mass index were associated with increased hearing thresholds. These associations did not remain statistically significant at follow-up. We found no associations between overall diet quality and hearing thresholds. Conclusions: This study shows that a higher body mass index, and in particular a higher fat mass index, is related to age-related hearing loss. However, whether maintaining a healthy body composition may actually reduce the effects of age-related hearing loss in the aging population requires further longitudinal population-based research. |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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