Abstract: Objective -
To explore the changes of oxidative damage indicators in workers with occupational noise induced
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hearingloss ONHL andtoscreenpossiblebiomarkersofONHL. Atotalof288maleworkersexposedtonoisein
a large machinery maintenance enterprise were selected as the research subjects using the method of judgment sampling. After
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pure tone hearing threshold test they were divided into hearing loss group and normal hearing group according to the hearing
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loss and 1 1 pairing design of type of work age length of service with 144 people in each group. The activities of total
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superoxidedismutase T SOD copper zincsuperoxidedismutase CuZn SOD manganesesuperoxidedismutase Mn SOD
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glutathione S transferase GST and catalase CAT in serum of workers of the two groups were measured. The
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activitiesofGST T SOD Mn SOD and CAT in workersofthe hearing lossgroup were lowerthan those in the normalhearing
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group all 0.05 . The 1 1 logistic regression analysis of paired conditions showed that there was an association between
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ONHL and activities of GST Mn SOD and CAT in serum all 0.05 after controlling the effects of smoking and drinking.
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ThehighertheactivitiesofGST Mn SODandCAT thelowertheriskofONHL.TheactivityofCuZn SODwasnotassociated
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withONHL >0.05 . TheactivitiesofserumantioxidantenzymessuchasGST Mn SODandCATarerelatedto
ONHL.ThoseantioxidantenzymescanbeusedaseffectivebiomarkersforONHLworkers.