Dietary fat intake and risk of disabling hearing impairment: a prospective population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine the associations of specific dietary fats with the risk of disabling hearing impairment in the UK Biobank study.

Methods

This cohort study investigated 105,592 participants (47,308 men and 58,284 women) aged ≥ 40 years. Participants completed a minimum of one valid 24-h recall (Oxford Web-Q). Dietary intake of total fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), saturated fatty acids (SFA), and monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) was assessed at baseline. Functional auditory capacity was measured with a digit triplet test (DTT), and disabling hearing impairment was defined as a speech reception threshold in noise > - 3.5 dB in any physical exam performed during the follow-up.

Results

Over a median follow-up of 3.2 (SD: 2.1) years, 832 men and 872 w

SUBMITTER: Yevenes-Briones H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8783872 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature