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- Title
Subclinical Hearing Loss, Longer Sleep Duration, and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Japanese General Population.
- Authors
Kei Nakajima; Eiichiro Kanda; Ami Hosobuchi; Kaname Suwa
- Abstract
Hearing loss leads to impaired social functioning and quality of life. Hearing loss is also associated with sleeping disorders and cardiometabolic risk factors. Here, we determined whether subclinical hearing loss is associated with sleep duration and cardiometabolic risk factors in a cross-sectional and longitudinal study of healthy Japanese general population. 48,091 men and women aged 20-79 years who underwent medical checkups were included in a cross-sectional study, and 6,674 were included in an 8-year longitudinal study. The prevalence of audiometrically determined hearing loss (>25 dB) at 4000 and 1000Hz increased significantly with increasing sleep duration in any age strata. Logistic regression analysis showed that compared with reference sleep duration (6 h) longer sleep duration (=8 h) was significantly associated with hearing loss, even after adjusting for potential confounding factors. Simultaneously, hearing loss was significantly associated with male sex, diabetes, and no habitual exercise. In the longitudinal study, the risk of longer sleep duration (=8 h) after 8 years was significantly greater in subjects with hearing loss at 4000Hz at baseline. In conclusion, current results suggest a potential association of subclinical hearing loss with longer sleep duration and cardiometabolic risk factors in a Japanese general population.
- Subjects
HEARING disorders; HEALTH; SLEEP; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; JAPANESE people; POPULATION biology; QUALITY of life; DISEASES
- Publication
International Journal of Otolaryngology, 2014, p1
- ISSN
1687-9201
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2014/218218