Association Between Serum Vitamin D Level and Ménière's Disease.

What Was Tested

Researchers studied Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc in this observational study publication.

Ménière's disease (MD) is a well-known inner ear disease; however, the etiopathogenesis is unknown.

Several factors may be involved.

Meanwhile, vitamin D is reported to have an important role in inner ear physiology.

Who Took Part

According to the abstract, 84 individuals were involved.

The age groups tagged for this paper are adults, middle-aged adults and older adults, both men and women.

This matched case-control study compared serum vitamin D levels between patients with definite MD and those without it.

Twenty-eight patients with definite MD were matched with a group of 84 healthy individuals, regarding age, sex, body mass index, and occupation (indoor vs outdoor).

How the Study Was Run

The study was done between August 2018 and December 2019 at Ghaem University Hospital in Mashhad, Iran.

The serum level of vitamin D (25-hydroxyvitamin D3) was measured in both groups.

What Was Measured

The subject headings attached to it are Calcifediol, Case-Control Studies, Iran, Meniere Disease, Odds Ratio and Vitamin D Deficiency.

The authors tagged it with the keywords Ménière’s disease.

What This Means in Plain Language

This is an observational study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc in 84 individuals.

The abstract goes on to report its results in about 5 sentences; this page does not restate them, so read the paper for the findings and their limits.

The publication is from 2022 (Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery), a journal based in England.

More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, all human trials.