Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is associated with chronic rhinosinusitis: population-based study.
BACKGROUND
This study aimed to evaluate the association of chronic rhinosinusitis with sudden sensorineural hearing loss using a population-based database.


METHODS
Sampled subject data were obtained from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. A total of 3325 patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss were identified and 9975 controls were randomly selected. A conditional logistic regression was used to calculate the odds ratio for having been previously diagnosed with chronic rhinosinusitis, for cases and controls.


CONCLUSIONS
The adjusted odds ratio of having prior chronic rhinosinusitis among cases compared to controls was 1.36 (95 per cent confidence interval = 1.16-1.60). The significant relationship between sudden sensorineural hearing loss and chronic rhinosinusitis was most pronounced among those patients aged 44 years or less (compared to controls) (odds ratio = 2.18; 95 per cent confidence interval = 1.63-2.92). However, the significant relationship between sudden sensorineural hearing loss and prior chronic rhinosinusitis was not sustained for patients older than 60 years compared to controls.
Department of Otolaryngology,Taipei Medical University Hospital,Taipei,Taiwan.
S H
SH
Hung
Sleep Research Center,Taipei Medical University Hospital,Taipei,Taiwan.
H C
HC
Lin
Graduate Institute of Life Science,National Defense Medical Center,Taipei,Taiwan.
L T
LT
Kao
Department of Otolaryngology,Taipei City Hospital,New Taipei City,Taiwan.
C S
CS
Wu
Department of Otolaryngology,Taipei Medical University Hospital,Taipei,Taiwan.
S D
SD
Chung
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D003639:Hearing Loss, Sudden / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000453:epidemiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology
Hearing Loss; Rhinitis; Sensorineural Hearing Loss; Sinusitis; Sudden; Sudden Deafness