Research Article

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and the Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke: A Nested Case-Control Study Using a National Cohort Sample

Table 2

Crude and adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence interval) of stroke for BPPV.

CharacteristicsBPPV
Crude valueAdjusted†‡ value

Ischemic stroke1.36 (1.24-1.50)<0.0011.35 (1.22-1.49)<0.001
Control I1.001.00
Hemorrhagic stroke1.12 (0.92-1.37)0.2541.18 (0.84-1.66)0.343
Control II1.001.00

Conditional logistic regression analyses, significance at . Stratified for age, sex, income, region of residence, hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Adjusted model for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ischemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, atrial fibrillation and flutter, and depression.