Allostatic load and risk of hearing impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prevention of hearing loss via addressing potentially modifiable risk factors may offer means of reducing the global burden of hearing loss. Prior studies reported associations between individual markers of inflammation and risk of hearing impairment. Allostatic load is an index of cumulative physiological stressors, including inflammation, to multiple biological systems. Our aims were to investigate associations between allostatic load and both audiometric and self-reported hearing impairment and examine whether associations are stronger over time due to prolonged high allostatic load.

Methods

Data were taken from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), a nationally representative study of people aged 50+ living in England over 3 time points between 2008

SUBMITTER: Matthews K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9429496 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature