Abstract
Background: Both cervical spondylosis and hypertension are common medical conditions. That is whetherspondylosis leads to hypertension and whether vertigo could predict hypertension is not clear.Objective: To identify the relationship between cervical spondylosis & systemic hypertension throughidentification of probable predictors .Patient and Method: All patients were seen in Al Mowasat outpatient clinic from January 2017 to August2019 with symptomatic cervical spondylosis .All of them were evaluated for presence of hypertension alongwith signs and symptoms of cervical spondylosis. Diagnosis of cervical spondylosis was based on clinicalcriteria and radiological findings.Result: A total of 50 patients(31 males and 19 females) were studied. Hypertension was ascertained in29(58%). Common signs and symptoms of cervical spondylosis were evaluated including headache in89.4%, vertigo in 83.7%, chest pain in 55%, shoulder pain in 61.9%,numbness in 65.1%,abnormal reflexesin 44.7%, Babiniski sign in 17% and Body Mass Index ?30 in 60.4%).Logistic regression analysis indicatedthat vertigo is significant independent predictor of hypertension in cervical spondylosis patients.Conclusions: Vertigo was a predictor of hypertension in spondylotic patients.
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