Dietary intake of cholesterol is positively associated and use of cholesterol-lowering medication is negatively associated with prevalent age-related hearing loss

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1355-1361

  Gopinath, Bamini ^a   Flood, Victoria M ^b   Teber, Erdahl ^a   McMahon, Catherine M ^c,d   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MARGARINE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BUTTER; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NUT; PREVALENCE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RISK REDUCTION;

AGED; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79960327820     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.138610     Document Type: Article

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