Increased Risk of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo in Patients With Non-Apnea Sleep Disorders: A Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To investigate the association between non-apnea sleep disorders (NSD) and subsequent benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) risk.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study was conducted using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database from 2000 to 2013. We established an NSD group (n = 24,624) and an age-, sex- and index year-matched comparison group (n = 98,496). The primary outcome was the occurrence of BPPV. The incidence rates of BPPV in the two cohorts were compared with a 14-year follow-up. Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was used to evaluate the effects of NSD on BPPV risk.

Results

The incidence rate of BPPV was 43.33 per 100,000 person-years for the NSD cohort and 29.33 per 100,000 person-years for the comparison co

SUBMITTER: Shih CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6287718 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature