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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with and without anxiety disorders

From: Increased risk of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in patients with anxiety disorders: a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study

Demographic data

Patients with anxiety disorders

 

Patients without anxiety disorders

 

P value

 

n = 7735

n = 7735

 
 

n

%

n

%

 

Age (years)a

43 (33–55)

 

43 (33–55)

  

  ≥ 60

1417

18.3

1417

18.3

>.999

  < 60

6318

81.7

6318

81.7

 

Sex

 Male

3225

41.7

3225

41.7

>.999

 Female

4510

58.3

4510

58.3

 

Comorbidities

 Hypertension

1932

25.0

966

12.5

<.001

 Diabetes mellitus

358

4.6

230

3.0

<.001

 Chronic liver diseases

2314

29.9

857

11.1

<.001

 Autoimmune diseases

679

8.8

311

4.0

<.001

 Congestive heart failure

234

3.0

101

1.3

<.001

 Hyperlipidemia

1411

18.0

620

8.0

<.001

 Nephropathy

696

9.0

274

3.5

<.001

 Cerebrovascular disease

792

10.2

279

3.6

<.001

 COPD

1682

21.7

779

10.1

<.001

Follow-up yearsa

11.24 (9.97–12.61)

 

11.27 (10.00–12.64)

 

.012

  1. aMedian (interquartile range); COPD indicates chronic obstructive pulmonary disease