Is being overweight or obese associated with the risk of hearing loss in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults?
In a national cohort of Chinese adults, being overweight or obese was associated with a decreased risk of hearing loss, while being underweight increased the risk.
Being overweight and obese were significantly associated with a decreased risk of hearing loss, whereas being underweight was associated with an increased risk of hearing loss.
Zhang et al. (Thu,) studied this question.
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