Effect of cigareet smoking on air-conduction hearing threshold level in adult men.
- Author:
Jin Seok KIM
1
;
Min Hae YEH
;
Byung Yeol CHUN
;
Kuck Hyeun WOO
;
Yune Sik KANG
;
Keon Yeop KIM
;
Young Sook LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
hearing threshold;
smoking;
PTAs(pure-tone averages)
- MeSH:
Adult*;
Cholesterol;
Delivery of Health Care;
Fasting;
Hearing*;
Hematocrit;
Humans;
Male;
Obesity;
Occupations;
Smoke*;
Smoking*
- From:Korean Journal of Preventive Medicine
1998;31(2):285-292
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
To investigate the effect of smoking on the hearing threshold, l,887 adult male workers who visited health care center during the period l January 1996 - 31 July 1997 were selected. Air-conduction hearing threshold level, diastolic blood pressure(DBP), total cholesterol, fasting blood sugar(FBS), hematocrit and obesity, were measured. The data on age, occupation, and smoking were collected. Air-conduction hearing threshold in smoker was significantly higher than non-smoker in categories of 250, 500, 1000 and 4000 Hz(p<0.05). Mean values of PTA-low, PTA-mid, and PTA-high in smoker were also significantly higher than non-smoker(p<0.05). In multiple regression analysis, smoking is likely to play a significant role after controlling age, occupation, DBP, FBS, total cholesterol, hematocrit, and obesity,(p<0.05). The hearing threshold was significantly increased with increasing age(p<0.05), the manufacturing worker may have higher hearing threshold(p<0.05). The higher hematocrit and the more obese, the higher hearing threshold(p<0.05). However, DBP, total cholesterol and FBS were not significantly related with hearing threshold level. In conclusion, smoking was significantly related with the hearing threshold level in adult men.
