Dyslipidemia Prevalence among Tinnitus Patients of a Referral ENT Clinic in Tehran, Iran, 2018

Kourosh Etemadi,Mahdieh Fahimi,Ali Goljanian Tabrizi

doi:10.15171/icnj.2019.12

Abstract

Background: Tinnitus is a common neurosensory disorder that can bring many problems such as stress and sleep disorders to the patients and affect their quality of life. Unfortunately, its pathophysiology has not been exactly discovered yet, but there have been some studies executed about the possibility of dyslipidemia causing tinnitus. Studying more on this subject and especially on the Iranian population in order to provide us with evidence-based information, can help us find the optimal method to control and treat this disorder. Methods: In this study, 76 patients that have had complaints of tinnitus in the ENT (ears, nose, and throat) clinic of Taleghani hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, in the year 2018, were selected. Also, after taking a history about the severity and the onset of their problem, they were examined and also blood samples were taken to check their lipid profiles. Finally, the results of the lab tests, the severity and the onset of their disorder and also their age and sex were statistically analyzed. Results: The study showed that the prevalence of dyslipidemia in patients with tinnitus is not significantly greater than its prevalence in the general population. Furthermore despite the relationship between dyslipidemia and the onset and severity of the tinnitus is not significant, the effect of dyslipidemia on tinnitus shows itself after about one year and a half (P=0.000), it means dyslipidemia does not cause the tinnitus but affects in its duration. It also indicated the most common type of dyslipidemia among the patients that we studied, was Hypercholesterolemia with the prevalence of 23.68%. Conclusion: The Study suggests that despite the Hypercholesterolemia prevalence of 23.68% among these patients, dyslipidemia does not have a significant relationship with the severity of the neurosensory disorder "tinnitus’ overall, but dyslipidemia affects tinnitus after suffering for about one year and a half. Therefore there will not be a need to use blood tests in order to measure the lipid profile factors at the beginning and the first months of the patients’ tinnitus.

Highlights

Tinnitus is the common neurosensory disorder of perceiving a non-verbal noise like ringing without any actual source related to it
Because having the result can help us decide on the right approach and ask for the right lab tests, which can ease the process of curing the tinnitus, and it will increase the patients’ quality of life and lower the expenses. In this cross-sectional study, the target population was the patients who suffer from tinnitus, and the source population was the patients with idiopathic tinnitus who are visited by the ENT specialists in the ENT clinic in Talghani hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in the year 1397
The inclusion criteria were as follows: the study population in this study was the patients with tinnitus who came for a visit with the ENT specialists in the ENT clinic of Taleghani hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in the year 1397 and they had suffered from the tinnitus for at least six months

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Introduction

Tinnitus is the common neurosensory disorder of perceiving a non-verbal noise like ringing without any actual source related to it This disorder exists in both male and female patients at any age, and it can bring many problems such as difficulties with sleeping, concentration, and psychological problems, affecting their quality of life. Despite the relationship between dyslipidemia and the onset and severity of the tinnitus is not significant, the effect of dyslipidemia on tinnitus shows itself after about one year and a half (P=0.000), it means dyslipidemia does not cause the tinnitus but affects in its duration It indicated the most common type of dyslipidemia among the patients that we studied, was Hypercholesterolemia with the prevalence of 23.68%.

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