Longitudinal Urinary Neopterin is Associated with Hearing Threshold Change over Time in Independent Older Adults

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2024 Jun 13

PMID 38871776

Authors

Rachel L Kidd

Akosua Agyemang-Prempeh

Alan Sanderson

Charlotte Stuart

Sumeet Mahajan

Carl A Verschuur

Tracey A Newman

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Abstract

Low-grade chronic inflammation is associated with many age-related conditions. Non-invasive methods to monitor low-grade chronic inflammation may improve the management of older people at risk of poorer outcomes. This longitudinal cohort study has determined baseline inflammation using neopterin volatility in monthly urine samples of 45 independent older adults (aged 65-75 years). Measurement of neopterin, an inflammatory metabolite, enabled stratification of individuals into risk categories based on how often in a 12-month period their neopterin level was raised. Hearing was measured (pure-tone audiometry) at baseline, 1 year and 3 years of the study. Results show that those in the highest risk category (neopterin raised greater than 50% of the time) saw greater deterioration, particularly in high-frequency, hearing. A one-way Welch's ANOVA showed a significant difference between the risk categories for change in high-frequency hearing (W (3, 19.6) = 9.164, p = 0.0005). Despite the study size and duration individuals in the highest risk category were more than twice as likely to have an additional age-related morbidity than those in the lowest risk category. We conclude that volatility of neopterin in urine may enable stratification of those at greatest risk of progression of hearing loss.

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