Serum Lipid Profile as an Etiology of Vertigo : A Study

Abstract

A prospective study of lipid profile was done in 60 patients of vertigo at E.L.M.C. Lucknow from 2011 to 2014. All components of serum cholesterol were analyzed. Serum cholesterol and hyperlipidemia as an etiology of the atherosclerosis of all blood vessels also have a role in vestibulo-cochlear vessels. It was found that there were 34 females and 26 males and maximum number of patients (63.33%) in the age group of 31-50years. Appreciable difference (p<0.05) in the mean value of total lipid, total cholesterol, triglycerides and phospholipids in the control and study group was found but difference was not significant in the mean value of HDL, LDL and VLDL cholesterol level. Four cases of diabetes and ten cases of hypertension of 60 vertigo cases were having marked vertigo of longer duration. These findings were similar to Mehra Y.N. Thus we find that serum lipid studies are important in the patients of vertigo for the diagnosis and management.