title: [Vascular risk factors of sudden deafness and its incidence in the normal population. A retrospective study].
abstract: We report the frequency of the vascular risk factors (overweight, hypertension, hypercholesterinaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia, hyperuricaemia, hyperglycaemia and smoking) in patients with sudden hearing loss. Analysis of 264 cases shows that only hyperuricaemia and hyperglycaemia are found more often in patients suffering from sudden deafness than in the normal population. There was a negative correlation between hearing improvement and the number of risk factors. Also the number of risk factors increased proportionally to the age of the patients. The patient's age and late treatment were the only unfavourable prognostic factors for hearing improvement.
authors.affiliation: HNO-Klinik, Universitätskrankenhaus Hamburg-Eppendorf.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schmolke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hörmann
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006073:Gout / Q000150:complications; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000150:complications; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000150:complications; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects
vernacular_title: Vaskuläre Risikofaktoren beim Hörsturz und ihre Häufigkeit in der Normalbevölkerung. Eine retrospektive Studie.