Cumulative lead exposure and age-related hearing loss: The VA Normative Aging Study

Hearing Research

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 48-55

  Park, Sung Kyun ^a   Elmarsafawy, Sahar ^b   Mukherjee, Bhramar ^a   Spiro, Avron ^c,d   Vokonas, Pantel S ^c,e   Nie, Huiling ^f   Weisskopf, Marc G ^g   Schwartz, Joel ^g   Hu, Howard ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AGING; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SMOKING; TIBIA; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COHORT STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LEAD; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATELLA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956343780     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Ahamed M., Siddiqui M.K. Low level lead exposure and oxidative stress: current opinions. Clin. Chim. Acta 2007, 383:57-64.
2. Audesirk G. Electrophysiology of lead intoxication: effects on voltage-sensitive ion channels. Neurotoxicology 1993, 14:137-147.
3. Babisch W. Noise and health. Environ. Health Perspect. 2005, 113:A14-15.
4. Bell B., Rose C.L., Damon A. The Veterans Administration longitudinal study of healthy aging. Gerontologist 1966, 6:179-184.
5. Bertoni J.M., Sprenkle P.M. Lead acutely reduces glucose utilization in the rat brain especially in higher auditory centers. Neurotoxicology 1988, 9:235-242.
6. Brini M. Plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase: from a housekeeping function to a versatile signaling role. Pflugers Arch. 2009, 457:657-664.
7. Burger D.E., Milder F.L., Morsillo P.R., Adams B.B., Hu H. Automated bone lead analysis by K-X-ray fluorescence for the clinical environment. Basic Life Sci. 1990, 55:287-292.
8. Cheng Y., Schwartz J., Vokonas P.S., Weiss S.T., Aro A., Hu H. Electrocardiographic conduction disturbances in association with low-level lead exposure (the Normative Aging Study). Am. J. Cardiol. 1998, 82:594-599.
9. Cheng Y., Schwartz J., Sparrow D., Aro A., Weiss S.T., Hu H. Bone lead and blood lead levels in relation to baseline blood pressure and the prospective development of hypertension: the Normative Aging Study. Am. J. Epidemiol. 2001, 153:164-171.
10. Chuang H.Y., Kuo C.H., Chiu Y.W., Ho C.K., Chen C.J., Wu T.N. A case-control study on the relationship of hearing function and blood concentrations of lead, manganese, arsenic, and selenium. Sci. Total Environ. 2007, 387:79-85.
11. Coles R.R., Lutman M.E., Buffin J.T. Guidelines on the diagnosis of noise-induced hearing loss for medicolegal purposes. Clin. Otolaryngol. Allied Sci. 2000, 25:264-273.
12. Counter S.A., Buchanan L.H. Neuro-ototoxicity in Andean adults with chronic lead and noise exposure. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2002, 44:30-38.
13. Cruickshanks K.J., Wiley T.L., Tweed T.S., Klein B.E., Klein R., Mares-Perlman J.A., Nondahl D.M. Prevalence of hearing loss in older adults in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study. Am. J. Epidemiol. 1998, 148:879-886.
14. Discalzi G., Fabbro D., Meliga F., Mocellini A., Capellaro F. Effects of occupational exposure to mercury and lead on brainstem auditory evoked potentials. Int. J. Psychophysiol. 1993, 14:21-25.
15. Discalzi G.L., Capellaro F., Bottalo L., Fabbro D., Mocellini A. Auditory brainstem evoked potentials (BAEPs) in lead-exposed workers. Neurotoxicology 1992, 13:207-209.
16. Forst L.S., Freels S., Persky V. Occupational lead exposure and hearing loss. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 1997, 39:658-660.
17. Garza A., Vega R., Soto E. Cellular mechanisms of lead neurotoxicity. Med. Sci. Monit. 2006, 12:RA57-65.
18. Gates G.A., Mills J.H. Presbycusis. Lancet 2005, 366:1111-1120.
19. Gurer H., Ercal N. Can antioxidants be beneficial in the treatment of lead poisoning?. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 2000, 29:927-945.
20. Helzner E.P., Cauley J.A., Pratt S.R., Wisniewski S.R., Zmuda J.M., Talbott E.O., de Rekeneire N., Harris T.B., Rubin S.M., Simonsick E.M., Tylavsky F.A., Newman A.B. Race and sex differences in age-related hearing loss: the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 2005, 53:2119-2127.
21. Hu H. Bone lead as a new biologic marker of lead dose: recent findings and implications for public health. Environ. Health Perspect. 1998, 106(Suppl. 4):961-967.
22. Hu H., Shih R., Rothenberg S., Schwartz B.S. The epidemiology of lead toxicity in adults: measuring dose and consideration of other methodologic issues. Environ. Health Perspect. 2007, 115:455-462.
23. Hu H., Aro A., Payton M., Korrick S., Sparrow D., Weiss S.T., Rotnitzky A. The relationship of bone and blood lead to hypertension. The Normative Aging Study. JAMA 1996, 275:1171-1176.
24. Hwang Y.H., Chiang H.Y., Yen-Jean M.C., Wang J.D. The association between low levels of lead in blood and occupational noise-induced hearing loss in steel workers. Sci. Total Environ. 2009, 408:43-49.
25. Jain N.B., Potula V., Schwartz J., Vokonas P.S., Sparrow D., Wright R.O., Nie H., Hu H. Lead levels and ischemic heart disease in a prospective study of middle-aged and elderly men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Environ. Health Perspect. 2007, 115:871-875.
26. Korrick S.A., Hunter D.J., Rotnitzky A., Hu H., Speizer F.E. Lead and hypertension in a sample of middle-aged women. Am. J. Public Health 1999, 89:330-335.
27. Lasky R.E., Maier M.M., Snodgrass E.B., Hecox K.E., Laughlin N.K. The effects of lead on otoacoustic emissions and auditory evoked potentials in monkeys. Neurotoxicol. Teratol. 1995, 17:633-644.
28. Le Prell C.G., Yamashita D., Minami S.B., Yamasoba T., Miller J.M. Mechanisms of noise-induced hearing loss indicate multiple methods of prevention. Hear. Res. 2007, 226:22-43.
29. Liu X.Z., Yan D. Ageing and hearing loss. J. Pathol. 2007, 211:188-197.
30. Muntner P., Menke A., DeSalvo K.B., Rabito F.A., Batuman V. Continued decline in blood lead levels among adults in the United States: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. Arch. Intern. Med. 2005, 165:2155-2161.
31. NIOSH Preventing Occupational Hearing Loss - A Practical Guide 1996, [Online], (verified Jan 25 2010). http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/96-110/pdfs/96-110.pdf.
32. Pirkle J.L., Brody D.J., Gunter E.W., Kramer R.A., Paschal D.C., Flegal K.M., Matte T.D. The decline in blood lead levels in the United States. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES). JAMA 1994, 272:284-291.
33. Pleis J.R., Lucas J.W., Ward B.W. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2008 2009, National Center for Health Statistics.
34. Rabinowitz P.M., Galusha D., Slade M.D., Dixon-Ernst C., Sircar K.D., Dobie R.A. Audiogram notches in noise-exposed workers. Ear Hear. 2006, 27:742-750.
35. Schaumberg D.A., Mendes F., Balaram M., Dana M.R., Sparrow D., Hu H. Accumulated lead exposure and risk of age-related cataract in men. JAMA 2004, 292:2750-2754.
36. Schultz J.M., Yang Y., Caride A.J., Filoteo A.G., Penheiter A.R., Lagziel A., Morell R.J., Mohiddin S.A., Fananapazir L., Madeo A.C., Penniston J.T., Griffith A.J. Modification of human hearing loss by plasma-membrane calcium pump PMCA2. N. Engl. J. Med. 2005, 352:1557-1564.
37. Schwartz J. Lead, blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease in men and women. Environ. Health Perspect. 1991, 91:71-75.
38. Schwartz J., Otto D. Blood lead, hearing thresholds, and neurobehavioral development in children and youth. Arch. Environ. Health 1987, 42:153-160.
39. Schwartz J., Otto D. Lead and minor hearing impairment. Arch. Environ. Health 1991, 46:300-305.
40. Seidman M.D., Ahmad N., Joshi D., Seidman J., Thawani S., Quirk W.S. Age-related hearing loss and its association with reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial DNA damage. Acta Otolaryngol. Suppl. 2004, 16-24.
41. Shull G.E., Okunade G., Liu L.H., Kozel P., Periasamy M., Lorenz J.N., Prasad V. Physiological functions of plasma membrane and intracellular Ca2+ pumps revealed by analysis of null mutants. Ann. N. Y Acad. Sci. 2003, 986:453-460.
42. Spiden S.L., Bortolozzi M., Di Leva F., de Angelis M.H., Fuchs H., Lim D., Ortolano S., Ingham N.J., Brini M., Carafoli E., Mammano F., Steel K.P. The novel mouse mutation Oblivion inactivates the PMCA2 pump and causes progressive hearing loss. PLoS Genet. 2008, 4:e1000238.
43. Tak S., Calvert G.M. Hearing difficulty attributable to employment by industry and occupation: an analysis of the National Health Interview Survey-United States, 1997 to 2003. J. Occup. Environ. Med. 2008, 50:46-56.
44. Weisskopf M.G., Wright R.O., Schwartz J., Spiro A., Sparrow D., Aro A., Hu H. Cumulative lead exposure and prospective change in cognition among elderly men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Am. J. Epidemiol. 2004, 160:1184-1193.
45. Weisskopf M.G., Jain N., Nie H., Sparrow D., Vokonas P., Schwartz J., Hu H. A prospective study of bone lead concentration and death from all causes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer in the Department of Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Circulation 2009, 120:1056-1064.
46. Wilker E.H., Korrick S.A., Hu H., Schwartz J., Wright R.O. Genetic variation and nonlinearity in the decay of bone lead in an aging population. Epidemiology 2007, 18:S167.
47. Wright R.O., Tsaih S.W., Schwartz J., Spiro A., McDonald K., Weiss S.T., Hu H. Lead exposure biomarkers and mini-mental status exam scores in older men. Epidemiology 2003, 14:713-718.
48. Wu T.N., Shen C.Y., Lai J.S., Goo C.F., Ko K.N., Chi H.Y., Chang P.Y., Liou S.H. Effects of lead and noise exposures on hearing ability. Arch. Environ. Health 2000, 55:109-114.
49. Yamamura K., Terayama K., Yamamoto N., Kohyama A., Kishi R. Effects of acute lead acetate exposure on adult guinea pigs: electrophysiological study of the inner ear. Fundam. Appl. Toxicol. 1989, 13:509-515.