ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2022
Dietary fat intake and risk of disabling hearing impairment: a prospective population-based cohort study.
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- Protective effects of dietary nutrients on hearing loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
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- Seafood and polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and age-related hearing loss: a cross-sectional study conducted in Japan.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Article
- Polyunsaturated fatty-acids diet increases fear discrimination in rats and IGF-2 receptors signaling in the auditory cortex.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association between Visual, Hearing and Dual Sensory Impairment and the Frailty Syndrome.Aging and disease · 2025Article
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- Omega-3 fatty acids and health of auditory and vestibular systems: a comprehensive review.European journal of nutrition · 2024Review
- Associations between dietary indices and hearing status among middle-older aged adults - results from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
- Fatty acid binding protein type 7 deficiency preserves auditory function in noise-exposed mice.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Association of coffee consumption with the prevalence of hearing loss in US adults, NHANES 2003-2006.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Association between nineteen dietary fatty acids and hearing thresholds: findings from a nationwide survey.Lipids in health and disease · 2023Article
- Association of dietary factors with noise-induced hearing loss in Korean population: A 3-year national cohort study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Serum polyunsaturated fatty acids and hearing threshold shifts in adults in the United States: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Association of Hearing Loss and Eating Habits in the Older Population.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
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Abstract
purposeTo examine the associations of specific dietary fats with the risk of disabling hearing impairment in the UK Biobank study.
methodsThis cohort study investigated 105,592 participants (47,308 men and 58,284 women) aged ≥ 40 years. Participants completed a minimum of one valid 24-h recall (Oxford Web-Q). Dietary intake of total fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), saturated fatty acids (SFA), and monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) was assessed at baseline. Functional auditory capacity was measured with a digit triplet test (DTT), and disabling hearing impairment was defined as a speech reception threshold in noise > - 3.5 dB in any physical exam performed during the follow-up.
resultsOver a median follow-up of 3.2 (SD: 2.1) years, 832 men and 872 women developed disabling hearing impairment. After adjustment for potential confounders, including lifestyles, exposure to high-intensity sounds, ototoxic medication and comorbidity, the hazard ratios (HRs), and 95% confidence interval (CI) of disabling hearing function, comparing extreme quintiles of intakes were 0.91 (0.71-1.17) for total fat, 1.09 (0.83-1.44) for PUFA, 0.85 (0.64-1.13) for SFA and 1.01 (0.74-1.36) for MUFA among men. Among women, HRs comparing extreme intakes were 0.98 (0.78-1.24) for total fat, 0.69 (0.53-0.91) for PUFA, 1.26 (0.96-1.65) for SFA, and 0.91 (0.68-1.23) for MUFA. Replacing 5% of energy intake from SFA with an equivalent energy from PUFA was associated with 25% risk reduction (HR: 0.75; 95% CI: 0.74-0.77) among women.
conclusionsPUFA intake was associated with decreased risk of disabling hearing function in women, but not in men.
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