Association between COVID-19 and sensorineural hearing loss: Evidence from a Mendelian randomization study in European and East Asian population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long coronavirus disease (COVID), characterized by persistent and sometimes debilitating symptoms following a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, has garnered increasing attention as a potential public health crisis. Emerging evidence indicates a higher incidence of hearing loss in individuals who have had COVID 2019 (COVID-19) compared to the general population. However, the conclusions were inconsistent, and the causal relationship between COVID-19 and sensorineural hearing loss remains unknown.

Methods

To addresses this outstanding issue, we performed Mendelian randomization analysis to detect the causal association between COVID-19 and hearing loss using the largest genome-wide association study data to date in the European

SUBMITTER: Wang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10698807 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature