Hearing impairment among adult foreign-born and Swedish-born individuals: A national Swedish study

To analyze the risk of hearing impairment in adult first-generation immigrants, i.e., foreign-born individuals as compared to Swedish-born individuals. A register-based study follow-up study. A nationwide study of individuals 25 years of age and older (N = 5 464 245; 2 627 364 men and 2 836 881 wome...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-08, Vol.17 (8), p.e0273406-e0273406
Main Authors: Wändell, Per, Li, Xinjun, Carlsson, Axel, Sundquist, Jan, Sundquist, Kristina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Brain cancer
Cardiovascular disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Comorbidity
Dementia
Diabetes
Diagnosis
Distribution
Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi
Health aspects
Health risks
Health Sciences
Hearing
Hearing disorders
Hearing loss
Hälsovetenskap
Immigrants
Impairment
Medical and Health Sciences
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Medicine and Health Sciences
Men
Neighborhoods
People and places
Population
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
Regression analysis
Regression models
Risk analysis
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Statistical analysis
Variables
Visual impairment
Women
Womens health
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Summary:To analyze the risk of hearing impairment in adult first-generation immigrants, i.e., foreign-born individuals as compared to Swedish-born individuals. A register-based study follow-up study. A nationwide study of individuals 25 years of age and older (N = 5 464 245; 2 627 364 men and 2 836 881 women) in Sweden. Hearing impairment was defined as at least one registered diagnosis in the National Patient Register between January 1.sup.st, 1998 and December 31.sup.st, 2015. Cox regression analysis was used to estimate the relative risk (hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI)) of incident hearing impairment in foreign-born compared to Swedish-born individuals. Cox regression models were stratified by sex and adjusted for age, comorbidities, and socioeconomic status. A total of 244 171 cases (124 349 men and 119 822 women) of hearing impairment were registered. Hearing impairment risk expressed as fully adjusted HRs (99% CI) was somewhat lower among immigrant men 0.95 (0.92-97) but not among immigrant women 0.97 (0.95-1.00), with significantly higher fully adjusted HRs among men and women from Asia, and Eastern Europe, and women from Africa. We observed a somewhat lower risk of hearing impairment among foreign-born men, but there was a higher risk among men and women from some regions.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0273406