Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with isolated dizziness
| Cerebrovascular event
(n=31) |
Non cerebrovascular event
(n=326) |
p value | |
| Patient demographics | |||
| Age ≥60 years | 22 (71.0) | 227 (69.6) | >0.999 |
| Gender, male, n (%) | 16 (51.6) | 134 (41.1) | 0.261 |
| Comorbidity | |||
| Hypertension, n (%) a | 13 (41.9) | 142 (44.4) | 0.851 |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) b | 9 (29.0) | 49 (15.3) | 0.071 |
| Hyperlipidemia, n (%) c | 8 (25.8) | 59 (18.4) | 0.339 |
| Neurological examination | |||
| Nystagmus, n (%) d | 7 (23.3) | 62 (19.3) | 0.631 |
| Finger-to-nose test, abnormal, n (%) | 8 (25.8) | 5 (1.5) | <0.001 |
Data are presented as frequencies with percentages.
Missing data: a n = 0 and 6; b n = 0 and 5; c n = 0 and 6; d n = 1 and 4.