Open AccessSocioeconomic Inequalities in Hearing Loss in a Healthy Population Sample: The HUNT Study
Author(s) -
Anne-Sofie Helvik,
Steinar Krokstad,
Kristian Tambs
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.133215
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , hearing loss , demography , medicine , logistic regression , attributable risk , population , odds ratio , norwegian , odds , confidence interval , gerontology , audiology , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , sociology
We assessed socioeconomic position and hearing loss in a Norwegian population of 17 593 men and women aged 30-54 years in 1984-1986 who were followed for 11 years. We used analysis of variance, logistic regression, and population-attributable fraction analyses to examine associations. Significant socioeconomic inequalities in hearing loss were found among men. Adjusted odds ratios for hearing loss were approximately 1.3 to 1.9 for semi- and unskilled manual workers compared with participants with high occupational class.