Table 4 Health screening data of participants with Ménière’s disease.

From: Population-based study for the comorbidities and associated factors in Ménière’s disease

 

MD

Controls without MD

P value

General characteristics

 Height, mean (SD), cm

160.89 (8.8)

160.90 (8.83)

0.948

 Weight, mean (SD), kg

61.24 (10.75)

61.48 (11.39)

0.391

 Body Mass Index, mean (SD), kg/m2

23.58 (3.11)

23.67 (3.4)

0.292

 Waist circumference, mean (SD), cm

79.25 (9.21)

79.4 (9.51)

0.550

 Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD), mmHg

121.01 (14.89)

122.01 (15.78)

0.010*

 Diastolic blood pressure, mean (SD), mmHg

75.13 (9.96)

75.63 (10.13)

0.054

Laboratory findings

 Fasting glucose, mean (SD), mg/dL

97.95 (21.43)

98.7 (24.33)

0.185

 Total cholesterol, mean (SD), mg/dL

196.12 (37.14)

195.78 (37.95)

0.726

 Triglyceride, mean (SD), mg/dL

124.36 (83.15)

127.11 (112.47)

0.246

 HDL cholesterol, mean (SD), mg/dL

56.05 (14.22)

57.04 (22.33)

0.018*

 LDL cholesterol, mean (SD), mg/dL

115.72 (43.48)

115.09 (42.92)

0.597

 Hemoglobin, mean (SD), g/dL

13.58 (1.50)

13.55 (1.58)

0.465

 Creatinine, mean (SD), mg/dL

0.86 (0.46)

0.87 (0.54)

0.501

 AST, mean (SD), U/L

24.93 (13.81)

25.02 (16.45)

0.801

 ALT, mean (SD), U/L

24.07 (22.04)

23.41 (20.88)

0.244

 rGT, mean (SD), U/L

29.94 (32.95)

32.94 (48.34)

< 0.001**

Smoking history

  

 < 0.001**

 Never, No. (%)

1101 (74.75)

9870 (72.46)

 

 Former, No. (%)

202 (13.71)

1620 (11.89)

 

 Current, No. (%)

168 (11.41)

2119 915.56)

 

 N/A, No. (%)

2 (0.14)

12 (0.09)

 

Alcohol intake

  

 < 0.001**

 Never, No. (%)

930 (63.14)

8512 (62.49)

 

 1 times/wk, No. (%)

161 (10.93)

1693 (12.43)

 

 2 times/wk, No. (%)

126 (8.55)

1222 (8.97)

 

 3 times/wk, No. (%)

108 (7.33)

926 (6.80)

 

 4 times/wk, No. (%)

44 (2.99)

394 (2.89)

 

 5 times/wk, No. (%)

41 (2.78)

418 (3.07)

 

 6 times/wk, No. (%)

25 (1.70)

173 (1.27)

 

 Daily, No. (%)

35 (2.38)

261 (1.92)

 

 N/A, No. (%)

6 (0.41)

22 (0.16)

 

Exercisea

  

0.628

 Never, No. (%)

810 (54.99)

7488 (54.97)

 

 1 times/wk, No. (%)

165 (11.20)

1730 (12.70)

 

 2 times/wk, No. (%)

158 (10.73)

1450 (10.65)

 

 3 times/wk, No. (%)

142 (9.64)

1221 (8.96)

 

 4 times/wk, No. (%)

61 (4.14)

519 (3.81)

 

 5 times/wk, No. (%)

57 (3.87)

548 (4.02)

 

 6 times/wk, No. (%)

32 (2.17)

231 (1.70)

 

 Daily, No. (%)

45 (3.05)

410 (3.01)

 

 N/A, No. (%)

3 (0.20)

24 (0.18)

 
  1. Significant values are in [bold].
  2. a30 min or more of moderate-intensity exercise.
  3. MD Ménière’s disease, LDL Low-density lipoprotein, HDL High-density lipoprotein, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, rGT Gamma-glutamyltrans- peptidase.