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This study investigated the relationship between serum vitamin D levels and the first-attempt success of the Epley maneuver in patients with posterior canal BPPV (PC-BPPV). Methods: This prospective observational study included 140 consecutive adults with objectively confirmed unilateral PC-BPPV. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were measured at presentation before treatment. All patients underwent a standardized Epley maneuver. First-attempt success was defined as complete resolution of positional vertigo and disappearance of positional nystagmus on the Dix\u2013Hallpike test at the one-week follow-up visit. Serum vitamin D levels were analyzed both as a continuous variable and according to laboratory reference ranges: deficiency (&lt;50 nmol\/L), insufficiency (50\u201375 nmol\/L), and sufficiency (75\u2013250 nmol\/L). Results: The Epley maneuver was successful after the first attempt in 74 of 140 patients (52.9%). In the primary, pre-specified analysis, first-attempt success was more frequent among patients with serum vitamin D \u226550 nmol\/L than &lt;50 nmol\/L (60.9% vs. 46.1%; OR 1.83, 95% CI 0.93\u20133.59, p = 0.079), a difference that did not reach statistical significance. In unadjusted exploratory analyses, patients with first-attempt success had significantly higher median serum vitamin D levels than those with treatment failure (52.2 [IQR, 30.0\u201368.4] vs. 36.8 [IQR, 21.3\u201366.1] nmol\/L, p = 0.029), and success rates numerically increased across the three-tier classification (46.1%, 62.2%, 59.3%), without a clear dose\u2013response pattern, neither the overall comparison (p = 0.208) nor pairwise subgroup comparisons reaching statistical significance. In a multivariable model adjusting for age, sex, and month of enrolment, vitamin D remained independently, though modestly, associated with first-attempt success (adjusted OR 1.14 per 10 nmol\/L, 95% CI 1.00\u20131.29). Conclusions: The pre-specified primary comparison of first-attempt Epley maneuver success between vitamin D-deficient and non-deficient patients did not reach statistical significance, although the point estimate favored higher success in the non-deficient group (OR 1.83, 95% CI 0.93\u20133.59). An exploratory, initially unadjusted analysis suggested a positive, modest association between serum vitamin D as a continuous variable and first-attempt success; this association persisted after multivariable adjustment (adjusted OR 1.14, 95% CI 1.00\u20131.29) but did not follow a clear dose\u2013response pattern across categorical vitamin D thresholds. These findings should be regarded as hypothesis-generating rather than establishing a definitive prognostic role for vitamin D, and larger, adequately powered multicenter studies are needed to confirm them.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15197365","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,1]],"date-time":"2026-10-01T15:35:28Z","timestamp":1790868928000},"page":"7365","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Relationship Between Serum Vitamin D Levels and the First-Attempt Success of the Epley Maneuver in Posterior Canal Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (PC-BPPV)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5532-2654","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Akif Sinan","family":"Bilgen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medipol Pendik Hospital, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul 34893, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ali","family":"Yal\u00e7inda\u011f","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biochemistry, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara 06230, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"\u00d6zlem","family":"Akkoca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara 06230, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6067-7051","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"G\u00fcl\u015fah","family":"\u00c7ikrik\u00e7i I\u015eIK","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Ankara Atat\u00fcrk Sanatorium Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara 06290, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sami Engin","family":"Muz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara 06230, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Y\u00fcce","family":"Islamo\u011flu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara 06800, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7810-4665","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Furkan","family":"Yilmaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Ankara 06800, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6420-6444","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u015eeyda","family":"Gedikaslan Ta\u015fdemir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Yenimahalle Training and Research Hospital, Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m Beyaz\u0131t Univesity, Ankara 06370, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"128","DOI":"10.5152\/eajem.2017.58077","article-title":"Analysis of vitamin D and calcium levels in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo","volume":"16","author":"Emektar","year":"2017","journal-title":"Eurasian J. 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