Ning-Chia Chang
People's Republic of China
Research Article
The Association of Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome with Age- Related Hearing Loss
Author(s): Ning-Chia Chang, Chen-Yu Chien, Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Wen-Yi Lin and Kuen-Yao HoNing-Chia Chang, Chen-Yu Chien, Meng-Hsuan Hsieh, Wen-Yi Lin and Kuen-Yao Ho
Objectives: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a complex metabolic disease characterized by central obesity, impaired glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, arterial hypertension, insulin resistance, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. Some factors associated with MetS may increase the risk of hearing loss; we hypothesized that cases with MetS would have an acceleration of hearing loss compared to those without MetS. The purpose of this study was to analyze the association of insulin resistance and MetS with hearing impairments and to prove our hypothesis.
Methods: This study was a retrospective study performed in a medical center. The subjects in this study were the employees from a single company. Homeostasis Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) was used as the index of insulin resistance. The pure tone audiometric data of a 10-year-pe.. View More»
