Relationship between serum magnesium level and subjective tinnitus.

OBJECTIVES

This study aims to assess the relationship between serum magnesium level and bilateral subjective tinnitus.

PATIENTS AND

METHODS

The study included a total of 76 patients (36 males, 40 females; mean age 48.5±6.5 years; range 43 to 65 years) suffering from severe bilateral subjective tinnitus (accepted as severe and catastrophic according to tinnitus severity index) as the study group and 86 healthy participants (42 males, 44 females; mean age 43.8±7.3 years; range 40 to 61 years) as the control group. Serum magnesium levels of both groups were measured and compared statistically.

RESULTS

The serum magnesium concentration was significantly lower in the study group compared to the control group (1.8±0.2 vs. 2.3±0.4 mg/dL, p=0.03).

CONCLUSION

The significant association between serum magnesium level and tinnitus shows the importance of magnesium in the pathophysiology of subjective tinnitus.