The Relationship Between Blood Lipids, Coagulation Indexes, Blood Homocysteine and Sudden Deafness: A Retrospective Study and Mendelian Randomization Analysis
Feng‐Xin Yang, Yu‐Wan Song, Yan Wang, Kun Zhao, Hu‐Hui‐Fen He, Jing‐Jing Qiu, Da‐Wei Liu, Bo Li, Yan Sun · 2026
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Sudden hearing loss with no clear cause may be tied to blood fats, clotting traits, and a sulfur amino acid that runs high in some people, but the links are disputed. Feng-Xin Yang and co-authors examined those links two ways in this 2026 study. They reviewed hospital patients and then ran a gene-based analysis that mimics a natural experiment.
The hospital part covered three hundred and eight patients treated between twenty twenty and twenty twenty-four, plus one hundred and sixty-nine healthy controls. Gene analysis helps separate cause from mere association, since genes are set at birth. If certain blood traits truly drive the hearing loss, screening and treating them could prevent some cases of a frightening, abrupt disability.
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| CREATOR | Feng‐Xin Yang, Yu‐Wan Song, Yan Wang, Kun Zhao, Hu‐Hui‐Fen He, Jing‐Jing Qiu, Da‐Wei Liu, Bo Li, Yan Sun |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |