Atherogenic risk factors and hearing thresholds

Thomas Winther Frederiksen; Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen; Zara Ann Stokholm; Matias Brødsgaard Grynderup; Åse Marie Hansen; Søren Peter Lund; Jesper Medom Vestergaard; Jesper Kristiansen; Jens Peter Bonde; Henrik Albert Kolstad

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Atherogenic risk factors and hearing thresholds

Thomas Winther Frederiksen, Cecilia Høst Ramlau-Hansen, Zara Ann Stokholm, Matias Brødsgaard Grynderup, Åse Marie Hansen, Søren Peter Lund, Jesper Medom Vestergaard, Jesper Kristiansen, Jens Peter Bonde, Henrik Albert Kolstad

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of atherogenic risk factors on hearing thresholds. In a cross-sectional study we analyzed data from a Danish survey in 2009-2010 on physical and psychological working conditions. The study included 576 white- and blue-collar workers from children's day care units, financial services and 10 manufacturing trades. Associations between atherogenic risk factors (blood lipids, glycosylated hemoglobin, smoking habits, body mass index (BMI), and ambulatory blood pressure) and hearing thresholds were analyzed using multiple linear regression models. Adjusted results suggested associations between smoking, high BMI and triglyceride level and low high-density lipoprotein level and increased low-frequency hearing thresholds (average of pure-tone hearing thresholds at 0.25, 0.5 and 1 kHz). Furthermore, an increasing load of atherogenic risk factors seemed associated with increased low-frequency hearing thresholds, but only at a borderline level of statistical significance. Associations were generally strongest with hearing levels of the worst hearing ear. We found no statistically significant associations between atherogenic risk factors and high-frequency hearing thresholds (average of pure-tone hearing thresholds at 4, 6 and 8 kHz).

Original language	English
Journal	Audiology and Neuro-Otology
Volume	19
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	310-318
Number of pages	9
ISSN	1420-3030
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000365439
Publication status	Published - 2 Dec 2014

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