Understanding Factors That Cause Tinnitus: A Mendelian Randomization Study in the UK Biobank

Objectives: To investigate the causal role of established risk factors and associated conditions to tinnitus and tinnitus severity in the UK Biobank. Design: The prospective cohort study with large dataset of >500,000 individuals. The analytical sample of 129,731 individuals in the UK Biobank of European descent. Participants were recruited from National Health Service registries, baseline age range between 37 and 73 years, response rate to...