Kim Sang Hoon, Won Yong Sung, Kim Myung Gu, Baek Young Jin, Oh In-Hwan, Yeo Seung Geun
a Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Graduate School, Kyung Hee University , Seoul , Korea ;
b Department of Surgery , St. Vincent's Hospital, the Catholic University of Korea, School of Medicine , Suwon , Korea ;
Acta Otolaryngol. 2016 Oct;136(10):1046-50. doi: 10.1080/00016489.2016.1179787. Epub 2016 May 17.
Underweight and severe obesity were associated with an increased prevalence of hearing loss in a Korean population.
The relationship between weight and hearing loss is unclear. This study, therefore, analyzed the relationship between hearing loss and body mass index (BMI) in a Korean population.
The prevalence and severity of hearing loss were assessed in 61 052 subjects who underwent health screening examinations, including hearing tests. Subjects were divided into five groups according to BMI (underweight, normal, overweight, obese, and severely obese). The relationships between the prevalence and severity of hearing loss and BMI were analyzed, after adjusting for the effects of age.
The rates of mild or greater hearing loss in the underweight, normal, overweight, obese, and severely obese groups were 24.9%, 20.4%, 21.8%, 21.2%, and 24.1%, respectively. Mild severity of hearing loss was the most common in all five groups, followed by moderate, moderately severe, and severe hearing loss, in that order. Multivariate analysis, showed that the odds ratios of hearing loss in the severely obese, and underweight groups, compared with the normal group, were 1.312 and 1.282, respectively.
在韩国人群中，体重过轻和严重肥胖与听力损失患病率增加相关。
体重与听力损失之间的关系尚不清楚。因此，本研究分析了韩国人群中听力损失与体重指数（BMI）之间的关系。
对61052名接受包括听力测试在内的健康筛查检查的受试者评估听力损失的患病率和严重程度。受试者根据BMI分为五组（体重过轻、正常、超重、肥胖和严重肥胖）。在调整年龄影响后，分析听力损失的患病率和严重程度与BMI之间的关系。
体重过轻、正常、超重、肥胖和严重肥胖组中轻度或更严重听力损失的发生率分别为24.9%、20.4%、21.8%、21.2%和24.1%。在所有五组中，轻度听力损失最为常见，其次依次为中度、中重度和重度听力损失。多变量分析显示，与正常组相比，严重肥胖组和体重过轻组听力损失的优势比分别为1.312和1.282。
