Association between BCL11B gene polymorphisms and age-related hearing loss in the elderly: A case-control study in Qingdao, China

• Xin Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xin Li, Jingkai Zhang

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, Laoshan District, Qingdao, Shandong, China

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• Jingkai Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Xin Li, Jingkai Zhang

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, Laoshan District, Qingdao, Shandong, China

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• Hua Zhang,

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shibei District, Qingdao, Shandong, China

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• Jifeng Ren,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Shandong Provincial Chronic Disease Hospital, Shinan District, Qingdao, Shandong, China

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• Hainan Cao,

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Shinan District, Qingdao, Shandong, China

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• Yaoyao Xu,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation School of Public Health, Weifang Medical University, Weicheng District, Weifang, Shandong, China

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• Dongfeng Zhang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, Public Health College, Qingdao University, Laoshan District, Qingdao, Shandong, China

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• Haiping Duan

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: duan_hp@126.com

  Affiliation Qingdao Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shibei District, Qingdao, Shandong, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3074-7004

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