Table 1.
Characteristics of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25-OHD) deficient patients¥ with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo treated with Epley rehabilitation manouevre with (treatment group) and without supplemental vitamin D (control group
|
Variables
Mean±SD |
Control
n=27 |
Treatment
n=27 |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 48.2±4.8 | 47.8±5.7 | |
| Sex, females No (%) | 14(51.9) | 15.(55.6) | 0.86 |
| Serum 25-OHD status, ng/ml | |||
| Baseline | 10.7±2.3 | 11.41±1.9 | 0.23 |
| Month 1 | 10.6±2.2 | 19.37±3.3 | 0.001 |
| Month 2 | 10.6±2.2 | 34.2±3.3 | 0.001 |
| Month 6 | 11.1±2.3 | 35.5±2.9 | 0.001 |
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. Serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D < 20 ng/ml