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. 2018 Jan 24;8(1):e018763. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018763

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Mean values of hearing level according to bone mineral density (BMD) for premenopausal women (A), postmenopausal women (B) and men (C). After categorising subjects into four groups based on BMD (quartile 1, with the highest, to quartile 4, with the lowest) in the lumbar spine, total femur and femur neck, we found a tendency towards significantly decreased hearing as a function of quartile decreases in BMD among postmenopausal women. *P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.