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The role risk of cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, sleeping disorder, and mental health with hearing loss among stroke patients

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to navigate the relationship between cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, sleeping disorder, mental health and hearing loss in stroke patients. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study that involved 1040 male and female patients aged 25-65 years. The research utilized physical examinations, radiological assessments, biochemical tests, and pure-tone audiometry (PTA) to evaluate hearing function. RESULTS: Among the 1040 stroke patients, 219 cigarette smokers (21.6%) were found to have hearing loss. Remarkable dissimilarities were observed in three categories: cigarette smokers with hearing loss, cigarette smokers without hearing loss, and non-smokers without hearing loss. These differences were noted in BMI (p<0.001), physical activity (p=0.002), hypertension (p<0.001), MP3 use (p<0.001), tinnitus (p<0.001), vertigo (p<0.001), dizziness (p<0.001), and headaches/migraines (p<0.001). Similarly, significant differences were identified among cigarette smokers with hearing loss, cigarette smokers without hearing loss, and non-smokers in relation to age (p<0.001), BMI (p<0.001), MP3 use (p=0.004), hypertension (p=0.028), ATP III metabolic syndrome (p<0.001), IDF metabolic syndrome (p<0.001), tinnitus (p<0.001), vertigo (p<0.001), dizziness (p=0.012), headaches/migraines (p<0.001), vitamin D (p<0.001), calcium (p<0.001), magnesium (p<0.001), potassium (p=0.019), fasting glucose (p<0.001), hemoglobin A1c (p<0.001), high blood pressure (p<0.001), microalbuminuria (p<0.001), and sleepiness (p=0.014). Multivariate stepwise regression analysis of cigarette smokers among stroke patients showed that vertigo (p<0.001), obesity (p<0.001), vitamin D deficiency (p<0.001), ATP III metabolic syndrome (p<0.001), IDF metabolic syndrome (p=0.004), calcium levels (p=0.008), headaches/migraines (p=0.039), and hypertension (p=0.025) could predict hearing loss. CONCLUSIONS: This study puts forward that smoking cigarettes along with factors like hypertension, obesity, vitamin D deficiency, and sleepiness, serve as notable danger element for loosing hearing ability among stroke patients. There is increasing evidence linking cigarette tobacco smoking to lung cancer and various adverse health effects.

Source: Tobacco Prevention & Cessation

DOI: 10.18332/tpc/210928

Authors: Abdulbari Bener, Ahmet Erdoğan, Lima Oria, Hajira Karim, Lürfü Hanoğlu

Institutions: University of Manchester, Istanbul Medipol University

Language: English

Topic: Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics

Subfield: Sensory Systems

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,617