Diet quality and hearing loss among middle-older aged adults in the USA: findings from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the associations between overall diet quality and hearing function among middle-older aged adults in the USA.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis. Diet quality was examined using the Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS), using data from a single 24 h dietary recall. Hearing function was objectively measured by audiometry assessments and hearing loss, including high- and low-frequency hearing loss, was defined as pure-tone averages at specific ranges of hearing frequencies >25 dB. Weighted logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the associations of MDS (scored 0-9, categorized at the median as ≤3 or >3) with hearing loss and high- and low-frequency hearing loss.

Setting

National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2000-2006 and 2009-2012.

SUBMITTER: Huang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10200521 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature