Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Predicts Ischemic Stroke: a Longitudinal Follow-Up Study
Objectives:
To investigate the risk of stroke in SSNHL patients.
Study Design:
A longitudinal follow-up cohort study.
Setting:
The Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort from 2002 to 2013.
Patients:
The 4,944 SSNHL participants were matched with 19,776 controls for age, sex, income, region of residence, hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. The SSNHL subjects were diagnosed (International Classification of Disease [ICD]-10: H91.2), underwent an audiometry examination, and were treated with steroids. The history of hemorrhagic stroke, ischemic stroke, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, ischemic heart disease, and depression was investigated based on the ICD-10.
Main Outcome Measures:
The hazard ratios (HRs) for hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke were analyzed using a Cox proportional hazard model. Subgroup analyses were conducted according to age (
Source: Otology and Neurotology - Category: ENT & OMF Tags: Sens Orineural Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Source Type: research
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