Air pollution increases the risk of SSNHL: A nested case-control study using meteorological data and national sample cohort data.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of weather conditions and air pollution on the onset of sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). The Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service - National Sample Cohort (HIRA-NSC) from 2002 through 2013 was used. A total of 5,200 participants with SSNHL were matched 1:4 for age, sex, income, region of residence, hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia with 20,800 control participants. Meteorological data included daily mean temperature (°C), daily highest temperature (°C), daily lowest temperature (°C), daily temperature difference (°C), relative humidity (%), ambient atmospheric pressure (hPa), pressure, SO₂ (ppm), NO₂ (ppm), O₃ (ppm), CO (ppm), and PM₁₀ (μg/m³) of a mean of 60 day

SUBMITTER: Choi HG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6547844 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature