ArticleBMJ open2019
Association between hypertension and hearing impairment in health check-ups among Japanese workers: a cross-sectional study.
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- Association between high systolic blood pressure and objective hearing impairment among Japanese adults: a facility-based retrospective cohort study.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2022Article
- Baseline audiological profiling of South African females with cervical cancer: an important attribute for assessing cisplatin-associated ototoxicity.BMC women's health · 2021Article
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- Association between hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes and prevalence of hearing impairment in Japan.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesPrevention of hearing impairment (HI) is important because recovery of hearing is typically difficult. Epidemiological studies have examined the risk factors for HI. However, the association between hypertension and HI remains unclear. We aimed to clarify the association between hypertension and HI.
designCross-sectional study.
settingJapanese workers in an information and communication technologies company.
participantsOf 24 823 employees of the same company, we recruited 13 475 participants who underwent hearing testing by audiometry in annual health check-ups and did not have missing data regarding body measurement, blood test results and drinking/smoking status (mean age: 49.4 years; males: 86.4%). PRIMARY OUTCOMES: Hearing tests were performed at two frequencies (1 kHz, 4 kHz). We defined the inability of participants to respond to 30 dB at 1 kHz and/or 40 dB at 4 kHz as overall moderate HI. We also defined moderate HI at 1 or 4 kHz as an abnormal finding at 1 or 4 kHz. We defined hypertension as ≥140 mm Hg systolic blood pressure and/or ≥90 mm Hg diastolic blood pressure and/or taking medication for hypertension. We examined the association between hypertension and HI after adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, smoking/drinking status, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia and proteinuria.
resultsModerate HI was identified in 980 participants (7.3%). Of these, 441 participants (3.3%) exhibited moderate HI at 1 kHz, and 787 participants (5.8%) exhibited moderate HI at 4 kHz. Subjects with hypertension showed a higher prevalence of any HI. The prevalence of overall moderate HI, moderate HI at 1 kHz and moderate HI at 4 kHz among subjects with hypertension was 8.7%, 4.3% and 6.8%, while those among subjects without hypertension was 6.9%, 3.0% and 5.6% (p<0.01, p<0.01 and p=0.01, respectively).
conclusionsHypertension was associated with moderate HI in Japanese workers.
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