Higher serum ferritin associated with reduced risk of hearing loss: a cross-sectional analysis of NHANES and causal inference
These findings suggest ferritin may be a biomarker or potential intervention target for hearing preservation. Further prospective and experimental validation of these associations is warranted.
Authors
- Yingru Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6434-1387)
- Jinhong Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7297-3897)
- Jingchun He
- Yiqun Huang
- Jingyi Tang
- Jie Shi Jie Shi
- Maoli Duan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8437-1583)
- Cheng Lu
- Zhicheng Wei
Institutions
- Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University (CN)
- XinHua Hospital (CN)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Institute for Breathing and Sleep (AU)
- Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital (CN)
- Institute of Natural Science (KP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Oto-Laryngologica
- Published
- 2026-02-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00016489.2026.2613135
- Primary Topic
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00