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Table 4 Analyses of risk factors for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in patients with 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

Age (≥60 = 1, <60 = 0)

1.50 (1.07–2.10)

.019

1.13 (0.76–1.67)

.561

Sex (female = 1, male = 0)

1.74 (1.26–2.41)

.001

1.81 (1.31–2.50)

<.001

Comorbidities

 Hypertension

1.56 (1.14–2.12)

.005

1.18 (0.81–1.71)

.392

 Diabetes mellitus

1.99 (1.17–3.37)

.011

1.47 (0.84–2.57)

.173

 Chronic liver diseases

1.14 (0.84–1.57)

.403

  

 Autoimmune diseases

1.16 (0.70–1.91)

.566

  

 Congestive heart failure

1.55 (0.76–3.15)

.226

  

 Hyperlipidemia

3.74 (1.67–8.38)

<.001

1.24 (0.86–1.80)

.262

 Nephropathy

1.40 (0.89–2.21)

.146

  

 Cerebrovascular disease

1.90 (1.29–2.80)

.001

1.53 (1.00–2.34)

.050

 COPD

1.47 (1.06–2.04)

.021

1.27 (0.90–1.80)

.169

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