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Hearing impairment and loss can be common in the elderly population. However, does having gout have a connection to hearing loss as well? In a study published in&nbsp;BMJ,&nbsp;researchers aim to evaluate whether gout is associated with a higher risk of hearing loss in older adults.&nbsp;To test if there was a connection, researchers of the study&nbsp;used&nbsp;5% random sample of U.S.&nbsp;Medicare claims&nbsp;from&nbsp;2006&ndash;2012,&nbsp;which were&nbsp;representative of U.S.&nbsp;adults aged 65 years or older.&nbsp;&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Gout is associated with a higher risk of hearing loss in older adults, A 5% random sample of Medicare 2006&ndash;2012, shows incidence hearing impairment to be higher in people with gout (16.9 vs. non-gout 8.7 per 1000PY). HR=1.44 <a href="https://t.co/mD9ihPcPVh">https://t.co/mD9ihPcPVh</a>
&mdash; Dr. John Cush (@RheumNow) <a href="https://twitter.com/RheumNow/status/1039578100680613888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2018</a>
</blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>Results showed that&nbsp;out of 1.71 million eligible people, the study criteria showed that 89,409 developed incident hearing impairment.&nbsp;Gout also showed some sort of connection to hearing loss, with results showing that&nbsp;incident hearing impairment in people with versus without gout were 16.9 vs. 8.7 per 1000 person-years.&nbsp;Gout was&nbsp;also&nbsp;associated with a significantly higher HR of incident hearing impairment, HR was 1.44 (95% CI 1.40 to 1.49, p&lt;0.0001), using Cox regression analyses adjusted for demographics, medical comorbidity, and more.&nbsp;&ldquo;Gout is associated with a higher risk of development of hearing loss in older adults,&rdquo; the researchers concluded.&nbsp;&ldquo;Future studies need to assess the underlying mechanisms of this association.&rdquo;&nbsp;<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
Gout and hearing impairment in the elderly: a retrospective cohort study using the US Medicare claims data <a href="https://t.co/VD2er6ghk3">https://t.co/VD2er6ghk3</a>
&mdash; BMJ_Open (@BMJ_Open) <a href="https://twitter.com/BMJ_Open/status/1037640324607295488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2018</a>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gout</a> and hearing impairment in the elderly: a retrospective cohort study using the US Medicare claims data <a href="https://t.co/m8FYsexWAM">https://t.co/m8FYsexWAM</a> <a href="https://t.co/i4P06Xhofh">pic.twitter.com/i4P06Xhofh</a>
&mdash; GoutandYou (@GoutandYou) <a href="https://twitter.com/GoutandYou/status/1032959463945371648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2018</a>
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