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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ear Hear. 2017 Jan-Feb;38(1):21–27. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000347

Table 2.

Age- and Multivariable-Adjusted Relative Risks of Incident Hearing Loss According to Frequency of GERD Symptoms, Nurses’ Health Study II, 2005–2013.

GERD Symptom Frequency Incident Cases of Hearing Loss Person-Years Age-Adjusted RR 95% CI Multivariable-Adjusted RR* 95% CI
No GERD 6,027 239,198 1.00 Reference 1.00 Reference
Less than once/month 1,090 38,832 1.12 1.05, 1.19 1.04 0.97, 1.11
Once/month 559 17,684 1.26 1.15, 1.37 1.16 1.06, 1.26
Once/week 928 31,140 1.19 1.11, 1.27 1.08 1.00, 1.16
Several times/week 922 27,133 1.35 1.26, 1.45 1.17 1.09, 1.25
Daily 316 7,885 1.59 1.42, 1.78 1.33 1.19, 1.49

P for trend (multivariable-adjusted) <0.001

RR denotes relative risk

*

Adjusted for age, race, body mass index, waist circumference, alcohol consumption, physical activity, nutrient (folate, vitamin A, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin E, magnesium, potassium, beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin, trans fat) intake, smoking status, hypertension, diabetes, tinnitus, thiazide use, furosemide use, and acetaminophen, aspirin, and ibuprofen use.