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Co-morbidities of vertiginous diseases
BMC Neurology, 07/09/09

Warninghoff JC et al. – General conclusions are that the prevalence of the co-morbidities diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, migraine, other headache, and obesity are not increased compared with the general population; however, an increased prevalence of psychiatric co-morbidity in pts with phobic vertigo is reported.

• Survey of all pts from cohort of 131 subjects
• Standardized questionnaire about co-morbidities hypertension, diabetes mellitus, body mass index, migraine, other headache, and psychiatric diseases in general and likelihood of depression in particular

• Hypertension in 29.0% of cohort
• Diabetes mellitus in 6.1%
• Migraine in 8.4%
• Other headache in 32.1%
• Psychiatric diseases in 16.0%
• Overweight and obesity in 33.6% and 13.7% respectively
• Clinical indication for depression in 15.9%

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