Age of onset of Ménière's disease in the Netherlands: data from a specialised dizziness clinic

To determine the age of onset of Ménière's disease in patients who visited a specialised dizziness clinic, and to verify whether the trend of a delayed onset age of Ménière's disease as reported for the Japanese population also occurs in the Netherlands. A retrospective data analysis was p...

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Published in:Journal of laryngology and otology 2016-07, Vol.130 (7), p.624-627
Main Authors: Van Esch, B F, Van Benthem, P P G, Van Der Zaag-Loonen, H J, Bruintjes, TJ D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Age of Onset
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Audiometry
Confidence intervals
Disease
Ears & hearing
Female
Hearing loss
Humans
Incidence
Main Articles
Male
Meniere Disease - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Netherlands - epidemiology
Otolaryngology
Patients
Regression analysis
Retrospective Studies
Tinnitus
Vertigo
Young Adult
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Summary:To determine the age of onset of Ménière's disease in patients who visited a specialised dizziness clinic, and to verify whether the trend of a delayed onset age of Ménière's disease as reported for the Japanese population also occurs in the Netherlands. A retrospective data analysis was performed of patients diagnosed with 'definite' Ménière's disease who visited our clinic between January 2000 and December 2013. Mean onset age of Ménière's disease among the 296 patients was 53.0 ± 14.1 years; 209 patients (71 per cent) were diagnosed between the fifth and seventh decades of life. No trend towards a later onset of Ménière's disease was found (regression beta co-efficient for year of presentation was 0.03; 95 per cent confidence interval = -0.34-0.61; p = 0.58). Ménière's disease has a peak incidence between 40 and 69 years of age. No shift towards a later onset age of Ménière's disease was found.
ISSN:0022-2151
1748-5460
DOI:10.1017/S0022215116007982