Lipid Profiles and Obesity as Potential Risk Factors of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Joong Seob Lee, Dong Hyun Kim, Hyo Jeong Lee, Hyung Jong Kim, Ja Won Koo, Hyo Geun Choi, Bumjung Park and Sung Kwang Hong

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 4, 1-9

Abstract: Objectives: The objective of our study was to establish whether increased lipid profiles and obesity affect the prevalence and prognosis of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). Methods: This was a case-controlled study with a longitudinal design. According to our criteria, 324 patients with SSNHL were included in this study. To manage potential covariates, 972 subjects with normal hearing from the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were matched as control group according to their propensity scores. Age, level of total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides (TG), and body mass index (BMI) were obtained from the clinical data. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to investigate the association between SSNHL and lipid profiles or obesity in the 1296 subjects. Multivariate Cox regression analysis was used to determine whether lipid profiles and obesity are prognostic factors in patients with SSNHL. Results: Mean body weight, BMI, TC, and TG were significantly higher in patients with SSNHL compared with control subjects (p

Date: 2015
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