, Güler Berkiten 1
, Fatih Akgün 1
, Semih Karaketir 1
, Onur Üstün 1
, Yavuz Uyar 1
, Ömür Biltekin Tuna 1
Abstract
Objective: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common cause of peripheral vertigo in the general population. We investigated the role of 25-hydroxy (25-OH) vitamin D deficiency in BPPV by comparing 25-OH vitamin D levels in healthy controls and in patients with BPPV.
Methods: 25-OH vitamin D levels of 125 patients with idiopathic BPPV who were diagnosed at our clinic between January 2018 and September 2018 and 101 healthy controls without vertigo were compared statistically.
Results: In this study, vitamin D deficiency was detected in patients diagnosed with BPPV, but there was no statistically significant difference with the control group.
Conclusion: The prevalence of the vitamin D deficiency is very high in our population. Despite the major studies in the literature, vitamin D deficiency was not related to BPPV as a result of this research.