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Visceral Fat Area Determined Using Bioimpedance Analysis Is Associated with Hearing Loss

Background: Visceral fat area (VFA) using bioimpedance analysis (BIA) as a simple analyzer can be used to assess VFA, which may be associated with HL. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical relevance and usefulness of VFA using BIA as a predictor of HL. Patients and Methods: In to...

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Autores principales: Kang, Seok Hui, Jung, Da Jung, Choi, Eun Woo, Park, Jong Won, Cho, Kyu Hyang, Lee, Kyu Yup, Do, Jun Young
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4661292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26664255
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/ijms.13184
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author Kang, Seok Hui
Jung, Da Jung
Choi, Eun Woo
Park, Jong Won
Cho, Kyu Hyang
Lee, Kyu Yup
Do, Jun Young
author_facet Kang, Seok Hui
Jung, Da Jung
Choi, Eun Woo
Park, Jong Won
Cho, Kyu Hyang
Lee, Kyu Yup
Do, Jun Young
author_sort Kang, Seok Hui
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description Background: Visceral fat area (VFA) using bioimpedance analysis (BIA) as a simple analyzer can be used to assess VFA, which may be associated with HL. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical relevance and usefulness of VFA using BIA as a predictor of HL. Patients and Methods: In total, 18,415 patients were recruited into our study. VFAs were measured using multi-frequency BIA. VFAs were normalized by body mass index (BMI). Participants were divided into 3 tertiles based on their VFA/BMI for both sexes. For both ears of each participant, the low-frequency (Low-Freq), mid-frequency (Mid-Freq), and high-frequency (High-Freq) values were obtained calculating the pure tone averages at 0.5 and 1 kHz, 2 and 3 kHz, and 4 and 6 kHz, respectively. The average hearing threshold (AHT) was calculated as the pure tone average at the 4 frequencies (i.e., 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz). HL was defined as AHT >40 dB. Results: The VFA/BMI had the greatest AUROC among VFA, BMI, and VFA/BMI in both sexes in this study. In both univariate and multivariate analyses, VFA/BMI tertiles were associated with all 4 hearing thresholds (i.e., Low-Freq, Mid-Freq, High-Freq, and AHT). The 4 hearing thresholds were positively correlated with VFA/BMI as a continuous variable. The odds ratio for HL increased as the VFA/BMI tertile increased. Conclusion: VFA/BMI was associated with hearing impairment in the Asian population. The participants with high VFA/BMI should be closely monitored for hearing impairment.
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spelling pubmed-46612922015-12-10 Visceral Fat Area Determined Using Bioimpedance Analysis Is Associated with Hearing Loss Kang, Seok Hui Jung, Da Jung Choi, Eun Woo Park, Jong Won Cho, Kyu Hyang Lee, Kyu Yup Do, Jun Young Int J Med Sci Research Paper Background: Visceral fat area (VFA) using bioimpedance analysis (BIA) as a simple analyzer can be used to assess VFA, which may be associated with HL. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the clinical relevance and usefulness of VFA using BIA as a predictor of HL. Patients and Methods: In total, 18,415 patients were recruited into our study. VFAs were measured using multi-frequency BIA. VFAs were normalized by body mass index (BMI). Participants were divided into 3 tertiles based on their VFA/BMI for both sexes. For both ears of each participant, the low-frequency (Low-Freq), mid-frequency (Mid-Freq), and high-frequency (High-Freq) values were obtained calculating the pure tone averages at 0.5 and 1 kHz, 2 and 3 kHz, and 4 and 6 kHz, respectively. The average hearing threshold (AHT) was calculated as the pure tone average at the 4 frequencies (i.e., 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 kHz). HL was defined as AHT >40 dB. Results: The VFA/BMI had the greatest AUROC among VFA, BMI, and VFA/BMI in both sexes in this study. In both univariate and multivariate analyses, VFA/BMI tertiles were associated with all 4 hearing thresholds (i.e., Low-Freq, Mid-Freq, High-Freq, and AHT). The 4 hearing thresholds were positively correlated with VFA/BMI as a continuous variable. The odds ratio for HL increased as the VFA/BMI tertile increased. Conclusion: VFA/BMI was associated with hearing impairment in the Asian population. The participants with high VFA/BMI should be closely monitored for hearing impairment. Ivyspring International Publisher 2015-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4661292/ /pubmed/26664255 http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/ijms.13184 Text en © 2015 Ivyspring International Publisher. Reproduction is permitted for personal, noncommercial use, provided that the article is in whole, unmodified, and properly cited. See http://ivyspring.com/terms for terms and conditions.
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Kang, Seok Hui
Jung, Da Jung
Choi, Eun Woo
Park, Jong Won
Cho, Kyu Hyang
Lee, Kyu Yup
Do, Jun Young
Visceral Fat Area Determined Using Bioimpedance Analysis Is Associated with Hearing Loss
title Visceral Fat Area Determined Using Bioimpedance Analysis Is Associated with Hearing Loss
title_full Visceral Fat Area Determined Using Bioimpedance Analysis Is Associated with Hearing Loss
title_fullStr Visceral Fat Area Determined Using Bioimpedance Analysis Is Associated with Hearing Loss
title_full_unstemmed Visceral Fat Area Determined Using Bioimpedance Analysis Is Associated with Hearing Loss
title_short Visceral Fat Area Determined Using Bioimpedance Analysis Is Associated with Hearing Loss
title_sort visceral fat area determined using bioimpedance analysis is associated with hearing loss
topic Research Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4661292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26664255
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/ijms.13184
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