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ReviewCureus2024

The Impact of Cardiovascular Risk Factors on the Incidence, Severity, and Prognosis of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSHL): A Systematic Review.

Anna-Maria Papadopoulou, Sotirios Papouliakos, Petros Karkos, Konstantinos Chaidas

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Association between modifiable lifestyle factors and the incidences of sudden sensorineural hearing loss and Meniere's disease: A population-based nested case-control study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Anna-Maria PapadopoulouDepartment of Anatomy, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Sotirios PapouliakosDepartment of Otolaryngology, General Hospital of Athens "G. Gennimatas", Athens, GRC.
Petros KarkosDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University General Hospital of Thessaloniki (AHEPA), Thessaloniki, GRC.
Konstantinos ChaidasDepartment of Ear, Nose, and Throat, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, GRC.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) is believed to be mainly idiopathic since the cause is not usually identified. Several recent studies have examined the role of cardiovascular risk factors in this disease. The aim of this systematic literature review is to investigate the possible association between acquired and inherited cardiovascular risk factors and the incidence, severity, and prognosis of SSHL. A systematic review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. A search of the PubMed database for the period between February 2010 and January 2023 was performed in order to retrieve eligible articles. The analytic cohort included 24 studies. Overall, this systematic review includes a total of 61,060 patients that were encompassed in these studies. According to most studies, the prevalence of dyslipidaemia, diabetes, and ultrasound indices of atherosclerosis was significantly higher in SSHL patients compared to controls. On the other hand, obesity, hypertension, and smoking did not seem to influence the risk of SSHL. Most studies suggest the presence of a correlation between a high cardiovascular risk profile and the risk of developing SSHL. The theory of microvascular impairment in the development of SSHL is indirectly supported by the findings of this review.

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atherosclerosismetabolic etiologyrisk factorssudden sensorineural hearing lossvascular etiology

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PMID38756309
PMCPMC11097239

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