Table 2.
Characteristics of the no recurrence, single recurrence, and multiple recurrence groups in BPPV.
| BPPV recurrence episode | Canal location | Sex | Age | Hypertension | Diabetics | Orthostatic hypotension | Medicationsb | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post | Lat | Both | Male | Female | < 60 | > 60 | − | + | − | + | − | + | − | + | |
| No n = 209 | 29 | 172 | 8 | 64 | 145 | 136 | 73 | 147 | 62 | 179 | 30 | 190 | 19 | 189 | 20 |
| Single n = 22 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 4 |
| Multiplean = 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Total n = 239(%) | 35 (15) | 193 (80) | 11 (5) | 65 (27) | 174 (73) | 155 (65) | 84 (35) | 168 (70) | 71 (30) | 204 (85) | 35 (15) | 219 (92) | 20 (8) | 215 (90) | 24 (10) |
BPPV Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, Post posterior canal, lat lateral canal, both involves multiple canal.
aIncludes seven people who recurred twice and one person who recurred three times.
bThe diseases of the drug-taking were arrhythmia, heart disease, antidepressant, thyroid disease, hypnotic and prostate disease.