Socioeconomic Inequalities in Hearing Loss in a Healthy Population Sample

The Hunt Study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11036736
AutoresAnne-Sofie Helvik (Anne-Sofie Helvik is with the Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Innlandet Hospital Trust, Division Tynset, Norway; and the Ear, Nose and Throat Department, St Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway. Steinar Krokstad is with the Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, NTNU, Trondheim; HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and General Practice,...), Anne‐Sofie Helvik (0000-0002-2632-0913, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Steinar Krokstad (0000-0002-2932-6675, Anne-Sofie Helvik is with the Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Innlandet Hospital Trust, Division Tynset, Norway; and the Ear, Nose and Throat Department, St Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway. Steinar Krokstad is with the Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, NTNU, Trondheim; HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and General Practice,...), Kristian Tambs (0000-0001-9463-7923, Anne-Sofie Helvik is with the Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Innlandet Hospital Trust, Division Tynset, Norway; and the Ear, Nose and Throat Department, St Olav's University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway. Steinar Krokstad is with the Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, NTNU, Trondheim; HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and General Practice,...)
Año2009
Volumen99
Número8
Páginas1376-1378
Fecha de publicación2009-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2007.133215
PMID19542048
PMCIDPMC2707479
OpenAlexW2034062724
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas17

We assessed socioeconomic position and hearing loss in a Norwegian population of 17 593 men and women aged 30–54 years in 1984–1986 who were followed for 11 years. We used analysis of variance, logistic regression, and population-attributable fraction analyses to examine associations. Significant socioeconomic inequalities in hearing loss were found among men. Adjusted odds ratios for hearing loss were approximately 1.3 to 1.9 for semi- and unskilled manual workers compared with participants with high occupational class; the population-attributable fraction of the prevalence of hearing loss over the cutpoint in the high-frequency (3, 4, 6, and 8 kHz) range was 35

Attributable risk · Audiology · Confidence interval · Environmental health · Hearing loss · Logistic regression · Norwegian · Odds · Odds ratio · Population · Socioeconomic status · Demography · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation · Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics · Medicine · Noise Effects and Management · Gerontology