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Negative Association of Hepatitis B Virus With Hearing Impairment.

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Author(s)
SKM Azizul IslamJin Wook ChungYoung-Sil LeeHoChan ChoSeong-Su Moon
Keimyung Author(s)
Cho, Ho Chan
Journal Title
American Journal of Audiology
Issued Date
2018
Volume
27
Issue
3
Abstract
Purpose:
Hearing impairment is one of the most common chronic diseases causing deterioration of the quality of life in elderly individuals. Several viral infections have been suggested to cause hearing impairment. We investigated association of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with hearing impairment using a representative sample of the Korean population.

Method:
Participants included 6,583 men and 8,702 women, who were ≥ 20 years of age from the Korea National Health and Nutritional Examination Surveys of the Korean population (2010–2012). Air-conduction pure-tone thresholds were measured in a soundproof booth using an automatic audiometer for each ear at 6 frequencies (500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, and 6000 Hz). An audiometric test and a laboratory examination, including an HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) test, were performed.

Results:
Subjects who are HBsAg positive had lower average of pure-tone thresholds and lower prevalence of hearing impairment at both low/mid and high frequency compared with those without. Adjusted means of hearing thresholds were also lower among subjects who are HBsAg positive compared with subjects who are HBsAg negative. After the adjustment for age and gender, the odds of high-frequency mild hearing impairment were lower for subjects with HBV infection. In the multiple logistic regression analyses adjusting for confounding variables, the significant negative association between HBV infection and high-frequency mild hearing impairment still remained.

Conclusions:
Contrary to previous reports, subjects who are HBsAg positive had a lower prevalence of hearing
impairment compared with subjects who are HBsAg negative. Further studies are warranted to investigate the underlying mechanism regarding their negative relationship.
Keimyung Author(s)(Kor)
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Publisher
School of Medicine (의과대학)
Citation
SKM Azizul Islam et al. (2018). Negative Association of Hepatitis B Virus With Hearing Impairment. American Journal of Audiology, 27(3), 324–332. doi: 10.1044/2018_AJA-17-0092
Type
Article
ISSN
1558-9137
Source
https://pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1044/2018_AJA-17-0092?rfr_dat=cr_pub%3Dpubmed&url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org
DOI
10.1044/2018_AJA-17-0092
URI
https://kumel.medlib.dsmc.or.kr/handle/2015.oak/41766
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