title: [Lipid profile and hearing-loss aged-related].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Presbycusis is the most prevalent cause of hearing-loss in the older, but pathogenesis is not well-know. The premise of this study is that hyperlipemia increase risk of age-related hearing-loss.
  
  
  METHODS
  180 patient more than 65 years-old were studied. All patients had bilateral hearing-loss and no renal, neurological, thyriod or middle-ear pathology. We explored serum levels of cholesterol, HDL, LDL and triglycerides. We performed tonal audimetry in all patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The 71% of patients has hypercholesteremia and the highest serum levels were detected in 65-69 years-old men (mean media 5,27). Patients with hypercholesteremia had worse hearing-loss than patients with normal lipid serum levels (p < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study sugest that hypercholesteremia are associated to age-related hearing-loss, possibly by an atherosclerosis mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de ORL, Hospital de El Bierzo, Ponferrada, León. cmvillares@hotmail.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martín Villares
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: San Román Carbajo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Domínguez Calvo
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Fernández Pello
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pomar Blanco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tapia Risueño
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001299:Audiometry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D011304:Presbycusis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids