慢性肺炎和听力损失之间的关联
Hyo Geun Choi1,2, Mi Jung Kwon3, Ji Hee Kim4
1Mdanalytics, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
The Laryngoscope
|June 3, 2024
概括
患有慢性阻塞性肺病 (COPD) 的患者患有听力障碍的风险明显更高. 这项大规模的韩国研究发现,COPD与各种人口统计数据中听力损失的几率增加有关.
科学领域:
- 听力学和耳鼻喉学
- 肺病学和呼吸系统医学
- 流行病学和公共卫生.
背景情况:
- 慢性阻塞性肺病 (COPD) 是一种具有全身影响的流行呼吸道疾病.
- 听力障碍是一种常见的感官缺陷,其与慢性疾病的关联需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 调查慢性阻塞性肺病 (COPD) 与听力损失风险之间的关联.
- 与对照人群相比,在大量COPD患者中量化听力损失的几率.
主要方法:
- 一项回顾性病例控制研究利用了韩国国家医疗保险数据库 (2002-2019).
- 614,370名COPD患者与2,170,504名对照 (1:4比率) 进行了匹配.
- 听力障碍是根据严重程度定义的;使用倾向评分和重叠加权的多项逻辑回归.
主要成果:
- 2.67%的COPD患者和1.9%的对照人群有听力损伤.
- 慢性肺炎患者的听力损失的几率是1.10-1.21倍.
- 在年轻 (<65岁) 和女性COPD患者中观察到更高的几率;这种关联在各个子组中一致,不包括体重不足患者.
结论:
- 慢性阻塞性肺病 (COPD) 与听力损失的风险增加显著相关.
- 这些发现突出了一般人群中呼吸系统健康和听觉功能之间的潜在联系.
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