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

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

J Laryngol Otol. 2016 May 23;:1-4

Authors: Van Esch BF, Van Benthem PP, Van Der Zaag-Loonen HJ, Bruintjes TD

Abstract
OBJECTIVES: 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.
METHOD: A retrospective data analysis was performed of patients diagnosed with 'definite' Ménière's disease who visited our clinic between January 2000 and December 2013.
RESULTS: 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).
CONCLUSION: 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.

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