Table 2:

Hearing loss and risk of incident subjective cognitive decline^* in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study

	SCF Score > 1			SCF Score > 2
Hearing Status	Cases	Age-adjusted RR(95% CI)	Multivariable-adjusted RR†(95% CI)	Cases	Age-adjusted RR(95% CI)	Multivariable-adjusted RR†(95% CI)
No difficulty	1250	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)	438	1.00 (ref)	1.00 (ref)
Mild hearing loss	845	1.32 (1.21, 1.45)	1.30 (1.18, 1.42)	335	1.49 (1.29, 1.72)	1.45 (1.25, 1.68)
Moderate hearing loss	378	1.48 (1.32, 1.67)	1.42 (1.26, 1.61)	140	1.56 (1.29, 1.90)	1.51 (1.24, 1.84)
Severe, nohearing aid	77	1.63 (1.29, 2.06)	1.54 (1.22, 1.96)	23	1.44 (0.94, 2.20)	1.33 (0.86, 2.04)
p-trend		<0.001	<0.001		<0.001	<0.001
Severe, usea hearing aid	221	1.44(1.24, 1.68)	1.37(1.18, 1.60)	86	1.48(1.15, 1.90)	1.40(1.09, 1.80)

^*Incident subjective cognitive decline defined as Subjective Cognitive Function Score (SCF) ≥ 1 or ≥ 2 at follow-up

^†Adjusted for: Age, race, occupation, BMI, waist circumference, smoking (past/current), physical activity, hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, depression, aspirin use, ibuprofen use, acetaminophen use, and AMED adherence score.

Abbreviations:

RR: relative risk

BMI: body mass index

AMED: Alternate Mediterranean diet