| Title: | Association Between Speech Reception Threshold in Noise and Multimorbidity: The UK Biobank Study |
| Journal: | Otolaryngology |
| Published: | 25 Aug 2023 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37622533/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.507 |
| URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/ohn.507 |
Publication 9707
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between hearing function, as approached with the functional auditory capacity, and multimorbidity.</p>
STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.</p>
SETTING: The UK Biobank was established from 2006 to 2010 in the United Kingdom. This cross-sectional analysis included 165,524 participants who provided baseline information on hearing function.</p>
METHODS: Functional auditory capacity was measured with a digit triplet test. Three categories were defined according to the speech reception threshold in noise (SRTn): normal (SRTn < -5.5 dB signal-to-noise ratio [SNR]), insufficient (SRTn ≥ -5.5 to ≤ -3.5 dB SNR) and poor hearing function (SRTn > -3.5 dB SNR). To define multimorbidity, 9 chronic diseases were considered, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia, Parkinson's disease, stroke, cancer, depression, osteoarthritis, coronary heart disease, and diabetes; multimorbidity was defined as the coexistence of 2 or more in the same individual. Analyses were conducted using logistic models adjusted for relevant confounders.</p>
RESULTS: Among the study participants, 54.5% were women, and the mean (range) age was 56.7 (39-72) years. The prevalence of insufficient and poor hearing function and multimorbidity was 13% and 13.2%, respectively. In comparison with having a normal SRTn, the odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of multimorbidity associated with insufficient SRTn was 1.13 (1.08-1.18), and with poor SRTn was 1.25 (1.14-1.37).</p>
CONCLUSION: Insufficient and poor hearing function was associated with multimorbidity. This association suggests common biological pathways for many of the considered morbidities.</p>
8 Authors
- Humberto Yévenes-Briones
- Francisco Félix Caballero
- Ellen A. Struijk
- Lucía Arias-Fernández
- Alberto Lana
- Jorge Rey-Martinez
- Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo
- Esther Lopez-Garcia
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