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The objective of this work was to analyze the occupation of a group of patients with vertigo compared to the economically active general population and to evaluate the prevalence of occupational noise and\/or vibration exposure in both groups. Methods: A prospective cross-sectional, observational, case-control study was carried out, including 393 patients (193: Meniere\u2019s disease; 63: vestibular migraine; 21: vestibular neuritis; 116: BPPV) (244 women and 149 men). These patients were compared to a control group from the general population obtained from 6th EWCS-Spain (2015). Possible differences regarding sex, age, occupation, exposure to noise, and exposure to mechanical vibrations were analyzed. Results: Differences in the distribution of occupations between patients with vertigo and the general population were observed (Chi-square, p = 4.065 \u00d7 e\u221220). Patients with vertigo were significantly more exposed to noise (Fisher\u2019s exact test, p = 2.97 \u00d7 e\u221210; OR = 2.595, CI95% (1.916;3.515)) and vibrations (Fisher\u2019s exact test, p = 6.23 \u00d7 e\u221210; OR = 2.722, CI95% (1.963;3.775)) than the control group. These differences were observed both between men and women. Conclusions: A relationship between occupational exposure to noise and\/or vibrations and the presence of vertigo was observed. Protective and preventive measures could help prevent the occurrence of some diseases involving vertigo.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13226650","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,6]],"date-time":"2024-11-06T06:27:39Z","timestamp":1730874459000},"page":"6650","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Relationship Between Occupational Exposure to Noise and Vibrations and Vertigo: A Prospective Case-Control Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9734-0217","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"In\u00e9s","family":"S\u00e1nchez-Sellero","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Toxicology, Department of Forensic Sciences, Pathology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Forensic Sciences Institute, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6763-329X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andr\u00e9s","family":"Soto-Varela","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Neurotology, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain"},{"name":"Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities, School of Medicine, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain"},{"name":"Health Research Institute of Santiago (IDIS), 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"624","DOI":"10.1080\/1028415X.2017.1327636","article-title":"Caffeine intake and Meni\u00e8re\u2019s disease: Is there relationship?","volume":"21","year":"2018","journal-title":"Nutr. 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