Abstract
There is evidence of an inverse association between cerebral infarction
and tinnitus in this study. The effects of cerebral infarction on
tinnitus could be explained by a neurophysiological model of tinnitus.We
examined the relationship between tinnitus and brain MRI findings
including cerebral infarction, brain atrophy, ventricular dilatation,
and white matter lesions.This was a cross-sectional population-based
study of 2193 subjects aged 41-82 years living in Aichi prefecture,
Japan. Detailed questionnaires, pure tone audiometry, and brain MRI
were performed.After adjusting for potential confounders in a multiple
logistic analysis, cerebral infarction was inversely associated with
tinnitus (odds ratio (OR)=0.649, 95\% confidence interval (CI)=0.477-0.884).
Cerebral infarctions of the basal ganglia (OR=0.542), thalamus (OR=0.441),
and pons (OR=0.319) were especially associated with tinnitus. Brain
atrophy, ventricular dilatation, and white matter lesions had no
significant effects on the prevalence of tinnitus.
- 80
- adult;
- aged,
- aged;
- and
- atrophy;
- audiometry,
- auditory
- basal
- brain
- brain,
- cerebral
- cerebrovascular
- cross-sectional
- demyelinating
- diagnosis;
- dilatation,
- disease;
- diseases,
- diseases;
- etiology
- female;
- ganglia
- humans;
- imaging;
- infarction,
- infarctions,
- japan;
- magnetic
- male;
- middle
- over;
- pathologic;
- pathology;
- physiology;
- pons,
- pure-tone;
- resonance
- stem
- studies;
- thalamic
- threshold,
- tinnitus,
- ventricles,
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