Diabetes mellitus and the incidence of hearing loss: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and the development of incident hearing loss.

Methods

Prospective cohort study was performed in 253 301 adults with normal hearing tests who participated in a regular health-screening exam between 2002 and 2014. The main exposure was the presence of DM at baseline, defined as a fasting serum glucose ≥ 126 mg/dL, a self-reported history of DM or current use of anti-diabetic medications. Pre-diabetes was defined as a fasting glucose 100-125 mg/dL and no history of DM or anti-diabetic medication use. Incident hearing loss was defined as a pure-tone average of thresholds at 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 kHz > 25 dB in both right and left ears.

Results

During 1 285 704 person-years of follow-up (median follow-up of f

SUBMITTER: Kim MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6251644 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature