Mitsumasa Umesawa1, Gen Kobashi1, Ryoshuke Kitoh2, Shin-Ya Nishio2, Kaoru Ogawa3, Naohito Hato4, Michihiko Sone5, Satoshi Fukuda6, Akira Hara7, Tetsuo Ikezono8, Kotaro Ishikawa9, Satoshi Iwasaki10, Kimitaka Kaga11, Seiji Kakehata12, Atsushi Matsubara13, Tatsuo Matsunaga11, Takaaki Murata14, Yasushi Naito15, Takashi Nakagawa16, Kazunori Nishizaki17, Yoshihiro Noguchi2, Hajime Sano18, Hiroaki Sato19, Mikio Suzuki20, Hideo Shojaku21, Haruo Takahashi22, Hidehiko Takeda23, Tetsuya Tono24, Hiroshi Yamashita25, Tatsuya Yamasoba26, Shin-Ichi Usami2. 1. a Department of Public Health , Dokkyo Medical University, School of Medicine , Mibu , Japan. 2. b Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan. 3. c Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery , Keio University School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan. 4. d Department of Otolaryngology , Ehime University School of Medicine , Toon , Japan. 5. e Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Nagoya University, Graduate School of Medicine , Nagoya , Japan. 6. f Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine , Sapporo , Japan. 7. g Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba , Japan. 8. h Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Saitama School of Medicine , Moroyama , Japan. 9. i Department of Otolaryngology , Hospital, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities , Tokorozawa , Japan. 10. j Department of Otolaryngology , International University of Health and Welfare, Mita Hospital , Tokyo , Japan. 11. k Division of Hearing and Balance Research , National Institute of Sensory Organs, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center , Tokyo , Japan. 12. l Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Yamagata University School of Medicine , Yamagata , Japan. 13. m Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine , Hirosaki , Japan. 14. n Department of Otolaryngology , Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine , Maebashi , Japan. 15. o Department of Otolaryngology , Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital , Kobe , Japan. 16. p Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences , Fukuoka , Japan. 17. q Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery , Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy , Okayama , Japan. 18. r Department of Otolaryngology , Kitasato University School of Medicine , Sagamihara , Japan. 19. s Department of Otorhinolaryngology , Iwate Medical University , Morioka , Japan. 20. t Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery , Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus , Nishihara , Japan. 21. u Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery , University of Toyama , Toyama , Japan. 22. v Department of Otolaryngology , Nagasaki University Faculty of Medicine , Nagasaki , Japan. 23. w Department of Otolaryngology , Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Toranomon Hospital , Tokyo , Japan. 24. x Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Miyazaki , Miyazaki , Japan. 25. y Department of Otolaryngology , Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine , Ube , Japan. 26. z Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To present the cardiovascular risk factors in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) patients enrolled in a nationwide epidemiological survey of hearing disorders in Japan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We compiled the cardiovascular risk factors in 3073 idiopathic SSNHL subjects (1621 men and 1452 women) and compared their proportions with controls as part of the National Health and Nutrition Survey in Japan, 2014. The cardiovascular risk factors consisted of drinking and smoking habits, a history of five conditions related to cardiovascular disease and body mass index. RESULTS: The proportion of current smokers was significantly higher among men aged 50-59, 60-69 and 70+ and among women aged 30-39, 40-49 and 60-69. The proportion of patients with a history of diabetes mellitus was significantly higher among men aged 50-59, 60-69 and 70+, but not in women. In addition, male and female SSNHL subjects aged 60-69 showed lower proportions of current drinking; and female SSNHL subjects aged 60-69 showed higher proportions of overweight (BMI ≥25 kg/m2). CONCLUSIONS: The present cross-sectional study revealed showed significantly higher proportions of current smokers among both men and women as well as those with a history of diabetes mellitus among men across many age groups in patients with idiopathic SSNHL compared with the controls.
OBJECTIVES: To present the cardiovascular risk factors in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) patients enrolled in a nationwide epidemiological survey of hearing disorders in Japan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We compiled the cardiovascular risk factors in 3073 idiopathic SSNHL subjects (1621 men and 1452 women) and compared their proportions with controls as part of the National Health and Nutrition Survey in Japan, 2014. The cardiovascular risk factors consisted of drinking and smoking habits, a history of five conditions related to cardiovascular disease and body mass index. RESULTS: The proportion of current smokers was significantly higher among men aged 50-59, 60-69 and 70+ and among women aged 30-39, 40-49 and 60-69. The proportion of patients with a history of diabetes mellitus was significantly higher among men aged 50-59, 60-69 and 70+, but not in women. In addition, male and female SSNHL subjects aged 60-69 showed lower proportions of current drinking; and female SSNHL subjects aged 60-69 showed higher proportions of overweight (BMI ≥25 kg/m2). CONCLUSIONS: The present cross-sectional study revealed showed significantly higher proportions of current smokers among both men and women as well as those with a history of diabetes mellitus among men across many age groups in patients with idiopathic SSNHL compared with the controls.