Does Ménière's Disease in the Elderly Present Some Peculiar Features?

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data in elderly and younger MD subjects.

	Young MD (𝑛=73)	Elderly MD (𝑛=30)	𝑃 value
Age	50.1 ± 12	72 ± 4.3	P ≤ 0.01
Age at onset of MD	39 ± 9.7	69.3±4.1	P ≤0.01
Migraine	38/73 (51%)	4/30 (20%)	χ ^2 = 8.93; P =0.03
Positive autoantibody screening	25/73 (33.8%)	3/30 (20%)	χ ^2 = 6.31 𝑃=0.02
Tumarkin	7/73 (9.6%)	11/30 (36-7%)	χ ^2 = 10.8 𝑃 ≤0.01
Familiar history of vertigo	8/73 (10.9%)	2/30 (6%)	χ ^2 = 0.5 𝑃=0.5
Number of spells in the last 6 months	5.5±3.7	10.4±5.4	𝑃 ≤ 0.05