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SUBMITTER: Kim SY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6189102 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim So Young SY Lim Jae-Sung JS Kong Il Gyu IG Choi Hyo Geun HG
Scientific reports 20181015 1
This study aimed to explore the risk of dementia in a middle- and older-aged population with severe or profound hearing impairments. Data were collected for the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort from 2002 to 2013. Participants aged 40 or older were selected. The 4,432 severely hearing-impaired participants were matched 1:4 with 17,728 controls, and the 958 profoundly hearing-impaired participants were matched 1:4 with 3,832 controls who had not reported any hearing ...[more]