Association between dipstick proteinuria and hearing impairment in health check-ups among Japanese workers: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Prevention of hearing impairment is important because it is difficult to recover from it. Epidemiological studies have examined the risk factors for hearing impairment; however, the association between dipstick proteinuria and hearing impairment has not been previously examined. This study aimed to clarify the association between dipstick proteinuria and hearing impairment.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Office and factory workers from all over Japan.

Participants

The total number of subjects was 7005. All were employees of the same company. Of these, we recruited 6192 subjects who underwent dipstick urine test and hearing test by audiometry in annual health check-ups (mean age 44.9 years, men 88.3%).

Primary outcomes

Hearing tests were

SUBMITTER: Umesawa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5961557 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature