Is Idiopathic Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Associated with Serum 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D Deficiency?

Abstract

Objective: Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common cause of peripheral vertigo in the general population. We investigated the role of 25-hydroxy (25-OH) vitamin D deficiency in BPPV by comparing 25-OH vitamin D levels in healthy controls and in patients with BPPV.Methods: 25-OH vitamin D levels of 125 patients with idiopathic BPPV who were diagnosed at our clinic between January 2018 and September 2018 and 101 healthycontrols without vertigo were compared statistically.Results: In this study, vitamin D deficiency was detected in patients diagnosed with BPPV, but there was no statistically significant difference with the control group.Conclusion: The prevalence of the vitamin D deficiency is very high in our population. Despite the major studies in the literature, vitamin D deficiency was not relatedto BPPV as a result of this research.