ArticleScientific reports2016
Secondhand Smoke is Associated with Hearing Threshold Shifts in Obese Adults.
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- Exploring the association of Bone Alkaline Phosphatases And Hearing Loss.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Exploring the association between secondhand smoke exposure and hearing loss among U.S. nonsmokers.PloS one · 2025Article
- A synergistic effect of secondhand smoke with vitamin D deficiency on cognitive impairment in older adults: a cross sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Self-reported and cotinine-verified smoking and increased risk of incident hearing loss.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Urinary biomarkers of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and the association with hearing threshold shifts in the United States adults.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
- Air pollution increases the risk of SSNHL: A nested case-control study using meteorological data and national sample cohort data.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Hearing threshold levels and hearing loss among people in Zhejiang, China: a population-based cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Gender Differences in the Association between Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Hearing Threshold Shifts.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
Hearing loss resulted from multiple intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Secondhand smoke (SHS) and obesity had been reported to be related to hearing loss. This study explored the possible associations of SHS and obesity with the hearing threshold. The relations between SHS and the hearing threshold in subjects from three different body mass index classes were analyzed. Our study included data from 1,961 subjects aged 20-69 years that were obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for the years 1999-2004. After adjusting for potential confounding factors, the subjects with the higher tertiles of serum cotinine levels tended to have higher hearing thresholds than those with the lowest tertile of serum cotinine levels (for both trends, p < 0.05). Notably, the obese subjects with the higher tertiles of serum cotinine levels had significantly higher hearing thresholds for high frequencies and low frequencies than those with the lowest tertile of serum cotinine levels (for both trends, p < 0.05). Our study showed a significant positive association between SHS exposure and hearing thresholds in the adult population, especially in obese individuals. Based on our findings, avoiding exposure to SHS, especially in obese adults, may decrease the risk of hearing loss.
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