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

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AbstractObjectives: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.