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Longitudinal Blood Pressure Patterns From Mid- to Late Life and Late-Life Hearing Loss in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>Hearing loss is prevalent and associated with adverse functional outcomes in older adults. Prevention thus has far-reaching implications, yet few modifiable risk factors have been identified. Hypertension may contribute to age-related hearing loss, but epidemiologic evidence is mixed. We studied a prospective cohort of 3343 individuals from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study, aged 44–65 years at baseline with up to 30 years of follow-up.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>Hearing was assessed in late life (2016–2017) using a better-ear audiometric pure tone average (0.5, 1, 2, 4 kHz) and the Quick Speech-in-Noise (QuickSIN) test. Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg, or antihypertensive medication use. Midlife hypertension was defined by hypertension at 2 consecutive visits between 1987–1989 and 1996–1998. Late-life hypertension was defined in 2016–2017. Late-life low blood pressure was defined as a systolic blood pressure less than 90 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure less than 60 mmHg, irrespective of antihypertensive medication use. Associations between blood pressure patterns from mid- to late life and hearing outcomes were assessed using multivariable-adjusted linear regression.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Compared to persistent normotension, persistent hypertension from mid- to late life was associated with worse central auditory processing (difference in QuickSIN score = −0.66 points, 95% CI: −1.14, −0.17) but not with audiometric hearing.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title><jats:p>Participants with persistent hypertension had poorer late-life central auditory processing. These findings suggest that hypertension may be more strongly related to hearing-related changes in the brain than in the cochlea.</jats:p></jats:sec>