Association between HEI-2015 and hearing loss among American adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the Healthy Eating Index 2015 scores and hearing loss.

Methods

This study utilized cross-sectional data from individuals aged over 20 years (n = 5171) who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2012 and 2015 to 2018. We collected information on their hearing, Healthy Eating Index 2015 scores and several other important covariates using multivariate regression analyses.

Results

After adjusting for potential confounders, when hearing loss was defined as greater than or equal to 20 dB, the odds ratio for low-frequency hearing loss and high-frequency hearing loss was 0.99 (95 per cent confidence interval: 0.98-0.99; p < 0.001) and 0.99 (95 per cent

SUBMITTER: Jiang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12571590 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature