Influence on hearing threshold according to the presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and/or chronic kidney disease (CKD).

<p>A. Men B. Women (*<i>P</i> < 0.05 compared to subjects with neither MetS nor CKD, ^#<i>P</i> < 0.05 compared to subjects with neither MetS nor CKD, and to subjects with only MetS). Abbreviations: CKD, chronic kidney disease; MetS, metabolic syndrome; PTA, pure tone audiometry; Low-Freq, low-frequency; Mid-Freq, mid-frequency; High-Freq, high-frequency; dB, decibel.