Serum Leptin Levels in Patients with Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss | Zendy

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Serum Leptin Levels in Patients with Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Author(s) -

Ahmet Ural,

Ahmet Alver,

Abdülcemal Ümit Işık,

Mehmet İmamoğlu

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

the journal of international advanced otology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.518

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 2148-3817

pISSN - 1308-7649

DOI - 10.5152/iao.2014.321

Subject(s) - medicine , leptin , audiology , sudden hearing loss , sensorineural hearing loss , hearing loss , obesity

MATERIALS and METHODS: The study was performed between March 2010 and December 2011 in the otorhinolaryngology department of a tertiary referral center. A total of 33 idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss patients and 38 healthy controls were compared in terms of demographic features (age, gender, and body mass index) and serum leptin levels. Serum leptin levels were assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method, and statistical analysis was conducted via Mann-Whitney Uand student t-tests.

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