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Table 3 Analyses of risk for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in 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

Predictive variables

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

HR (95 % CI)

P value

HR (95 % CI)

P value

Anxiety disorders

2.52 (1.92–3.32)

<.001

2.17 (1.63–2.90)

<.001

Age (≥60 = 1, <60 = 0)

1.44 (1.08–1.92)

.014

1.09 (0.78–1.53)

.601

Sex (female = 1, male = 0)

1.60 (1.23–2.10)

.001

1.65 (1.26–2.17)

<.001

Comorbidities

 Hypertension

1.76 (1.34–2.32)

<.001

1.06 (0.75–1.48)

.751

 Diabetes mellitus

1.93 (1.18–3.15)

.009

1.18 (0.70–1.99)

.528

 Chronic liver diseases

1.48 (1.12–1.96)

.006

0.95 (0.70–1.29)

.719

 Autoimmune diseases

1.28 (0.80–2.04)

.309

  

 Congestive heart failure

1.95 (1.04–3.67)

.039

1.02 (0.52–1.98)

.958

 Hyperlipidemia

2.06 (1.53–2.76)

<.001

1.36 (0.96–1.92)

.084

 Nephropathy

2.46 (1.72–3.54)

<.001

1.69 (1.14–2.48)

.008

 Cerebrovascular disease

2.33 (1.64–3.32)

<.001

1.51 (1.02–2.24)

.039

 COPD

1.87 (1.40–2.49)

<.001

1.35 (0.99–1.84)

.055

  1. HR indicates hazard ratio, CI indicates confidence interval, COPD indicates chronic obstructive pulmonary disease