The frequency of dyslipidemia in patients with idiopathic tinnitus

Abstract

OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the presence of dyslipidemia in blood biochemistry of patients with idiopathic tinnitus and to point out that dyslipidemia poses a risk to coronary artery disease. METHODS Blood lipoprotein values and age and gender were compared between 158 patients with idiopathic tinnitus and 160 patients without tinnitus. Results were statistically evaluated. RESULTS In total, more than half of 318 patients had high blood cholesterol levels. In both groups, the cholesterol average was 215 mg/dl. Furthermore, low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high density lipoprotein (HDL) levels were higher than normal. However, no statistically significant difference was determined in the comparison of Cholesterol, HDL, and LDL levels in both groups (p<0.05). However, serum triglyceride levels of patients with tinnitus were when compared with the control group, a statistically significant difference was found (p=0.001); The numbers of men and women were approximately close to each other and the number of patients between the ages of 50 and 60 was higher. The average age is 53. As a result, the risk of life-threatening coronary heart disease increases, as the majority of patients with tinnitus are in the middle age group and have high lipoprotein values. CONCLUSION In patients presenting with the complaint of tinnitus, high serum lipoprotein values may not be directly related to tinnitus. However, it should be remembered that the presence of dyslipidemia may affect coronary vessels and lead to coronary artery diseases. However, a significant correlation was found between high serum triglyceride levels and tinnitus. In addition, if the patient has dyslipidemia, it will be healthy to treat dyslipidemia.