Clinical Study
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo in Irradiated Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Survivors
Table 2
Comparison of clinical characteristics between patients with and without BPPV.
| Characteristics | With BPPV | Without BPPV | value |
| Age (years)* | 51 (32–65) | 50 (34–62) | | Gender (M/F) | 7/4 | 7/4 | | RT dose | | | | Once 70–78 Gy | 4 (36.4%) | 10 (90.9%) | 0.027 | Twice 120–130 Gy | 7 (63.6%) | 1 (9.1%) | | Neck fibrosis | 3 (27.3%) | 4 (36.4%) | 1.000 | Otitis media | COM: 4 (36.4%) | COM: 1 (9.1%) | 0.011 | OME: 5 (45.5%) | OME: 1 (9.1%) | | SNHL | 8 (72.7%) | 1 (9.1%) | 0.009 |
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Data presented with median and range; SNHL: sensorineural hearing loss; COM: chronic otitis media; OME: otitis media with effusion.
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