Higher Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index Values in Patients With Vestibular Neuritis May Indicate a Better Prognosis

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  Figure 1. Patients’ description CP: canal paresis, CAVI: cardio-ankle vascular index

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  Figure 2. Regression of age to CAVI on the unaffected side Age showed a positive regression to CAVI on the unaffected side (y = 0.055x + 5.32, R² = 0.44, p < 0.001). CAVI: cardio-ankle vascular stiffness index

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  Figure 3. Regression of age to CAVI on the affected side Age showed a positive regression to CAVI on the affected side (y = 0.058x + 5.16, R² = 0.51, p < 0.001). CAVI: cardio-ankle vascular stiffness index

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  Figure 4. The number of moderate and severe VN patients in the low CAVI and high CAVI groups The number of moderate and severe VN was 17 and 40 patients in the low CAVI group and 8 and 23 patients in the high CAVI group, respectively. The percentage of moderate and severe VN in the high CAVI group was almost the same as that in the low CAVI group (p = 0.69). CAVI: cardio-ankle vascular stiffness index; VN: vestibular neuritis, CP: canal paresis

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  Figure 5. The number of recovered, improved, and no changed patients in the low CAVI and high CAVI groups The number of recovered, improved, and no changed patients were 19, 24, and 14 patients in the low CAVI group and 19, 8, and 4 cases in the high CAVI group, respectively. The percentage of each outcome was different (p = 0.04), and the percentage of recovered patients in the high CAVI group was higher than that in the low CAVI group (p = 0.011). CAVI: cardio-ankle vascular stiffness index