High Risk of Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Men Born Small for Gestational Age with and without Obesity or Height Catch-Up Growth: A Prospective Longitudinal Register Study on Birth Size in 245,000 Swedish Conscripts

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BACKGROUND: Several components of the metabolic syndrome coincide with those risk factors linked to sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). According to the thrifty phenotype hypothesis, the metabolic syndrome can be caused by events during the fetal period. This study tests the thrifty phenotype hypothesis on hearing, using body size at birth and conscription as indirect markers for fetal programming and body mass...

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