The Relationship Between Reduced Glomerular Filtration Rate and Hearing Impairment: A Study Based on Western and Eastern Population
Mingdong Wang, Jing Cui, Yishan Zhang, Yongjun Quan, Yingwei Xie, Li Chen, Yongchen Jin, Xiaoxuan Bai, Yuexin Liu, Xiaobo Ma, Dongning Chen, Dan Liu, Hao Ping · 2026
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Mingdong Wang and co-authors examine in 2026 whether declining kidney function and hearing loss travel together, using data from the United States and China. Early kidney damage often causes no symptoms, so any linked, easily tested condition could help catch it sooner. The analysis covered 3,154 participants from a national United States survey and 5,958 patients from a Beijing hospital, with a median follow-up of 30 months in the hospital group.
People with reduced filtration rates were likelier to show speech-frequency hearing loss, with a hazard ratio of 1.54 in the reported analysis. The reverse also held: people with that hearing loss more often had reduced kidney function. Among women, hearing seemed to improve when kidney function improved. The authors argue hearing checks could serve as an early flag for hidden kidney trouble.
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| CREATOR | Mingdong Wang, Jing Cui, Yishan Zhang, Yongjun Quan, Yingwei Xie, Li Chen, Yongchen Jin, Xiaoxuan Bai, Yuexin Liu, Xiaobo Ma, Dongning Chen, Dan Liu, Hao Ping |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |