Associations between cardiovascular disease and its risk factors with hearing loss-A cross-sectional analysis.

Hsern Ern Ivan TanN S R LanM W KnuimanM L DivitiniD W SwanepoelM HunterC G Brennan-JonesJ HungRobert H EikelboomP L Santa Maria

Published in: Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery (2017)

Established cardiovascular disease and individual and combined cardiovascular disease risk factors were found to be associated with hearing loss. Future research should prospectively investigate whether targeting cardiovascular disease can prevent hearing loss.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular disease
hearing loss
risk factors
type diabetes
cardiovascular events
cardiovascular risk factors
drug delivery
metabolic syndrome