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. 2017 Dec 21;7(3):440-452.
doi: 10.1159/000485178. eCollection 2017 Sep-Dec.

Hearing Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies

Jingkai Wei  1 , Yirui Hu  2 , Li Zhang  3 , Qiang Hao  4 , Ruowei Yang  5 , Haidong Lu  1 , Xuan Zhang  6 , Eeshwar K Chandrasekar  7
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Hearing Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies

Jingkai Wei et al. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra. .

Abstract

Background: To estimate a pooled association between hearing impairment and risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science were searched for prospective cohort studies that examined the association between hearing impairment and risk of mild cognitive impairment and/or dementia. Random-effects models were fitted to estimate the summary risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence interval (CIs), which represents the pooled association between hearing impairment with risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia, compared to subjects free of hearing impairment.

Results: Four studies on hearing impairment with mild cognitive impairment and 7 studies on hearing impairment with dementia were included in the meta-analysis. A total of 15,521 subjects were studied with follow-up periods between 2 and 16.8 years. Hearing impairment was associated with a greater risk of mild cognitive impairment (RR = 1.30, 95% CI: 1.12, 1.51) and dementia (RR = 2.39, 95% CI: 1.58, 3.61).

Conclusions: The meta-analysis showed that hearing impairment is associated with a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia among older adults.

Keywords: Dementia; Hearing impairment; Meta-analysis; Mild cognitive impairment.

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Flowchart showing selection of study reports for the meta-analysis.
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Forest plot of the associations between hearing impairment and risk of MCI.
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Forest plot of the associations between hearing impairment and risk of dementia.
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