Low flavonoid intake is associated with bilateral hearing impairment in US older adults.

Galya Bigman, Xiaoran Liu, Kathleen E Bainbridge

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Article in The British journal of nutrition, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Galya BigmanDivision of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, https://ror.org/04rq5mt64University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4747-6888

Xiaoran LiuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7356-645X

Kathleen E BainbridgeNational Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4615-5641

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A Diet Intervention Study To Mitigate Fatigue Symptoms And To Improve Muscle And Physical Function In Older Adults With Post-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeK01AG078545 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI Galya Bigman · 2023 to 2026

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Abstract

This study investigated the association between dietary flavonoid intake and hearing impairment in older adults aged ≥ 70 years, using cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2010 and 2017-2018. Flavonoid intake was estimated from two 24-h dietary recalls and categorised as low or high based on the median intake (85·4 mg/d). Hearing impairment was defined using a pure-tone average > 25 dB in one or both ears. Among the 1492 participants, 55·7 % had bilateral hearing impairment, 15·6 % had unilateral hearing impairment and 28·7 % had normal hearing. These categories were mutually exclusive, based on the presence of hearing impairment in one or both ears. After adjusting for sociodemographic, behavioural and dietary covariates, low flavonoid intake was associated with a 45 % greater odds of bilateral hearing impairment (adjusted OR = 1·45; 95 % CI 1·03, 2·04;

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DietFlavonoidsHearing Loss, BilateralAgedAged, 80 and overCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleNutrition SurveysUnited StatesFlavonoidsDietary antioxidantsFlavan-3-olsHearing lossNational Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyNeuroprotectionPure-tone average

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PMID41292413

DOI10.1017/S0007114525105539

PMCPMC13312341

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