. 2022 Jan 6;8(1):e08717. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08717

Table 1.

Frequency distribution of cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and background medical condition in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and control groups.

	BPPV (N = 120)	Control (N = 120)	P value
Age, year^∗	51.5 (±11.6)	52.7 (±13.1)	0.45
Gender
Male	69 (57.5%)	67 (55.8%)	0.79
Female	51 (42.5%)	53 (44.2%)
BMI, kg/m²^∗	25.2 (±3.2)	24.8 (±3.4)	0.19
Cigarette smoking	12 (10%)	14 (11.7%)	0.67
Alcohol consumption	18 (15%)	16 (13.3%)	0.71
Background medical condition	28 (23.3%)	34 (28.3%)	0.37

^∗

Data are presented as mean (±standard deviation); BMI = body mass index.