Crompton, M;
Cadge, BA;
Ziff, JL;
Mowat, AJ;
Nash, R;
Lavy, JA;
Powell, HRF;
... Dawson, SJ; + view all
(2019)
The Epidemiology of Otosclerosis in a British Cohort.
Otology & Neurotology
, 40
(1)
pp. 22-30.
10.1097/MAO.0000000000002047.
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To analyse the epidemiology of otosclerosis in a British cohort collected between 2011 and 2017. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: Five UK ENT Departments. PATIENTS: Patients with surgically confirmed otosclerosis. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Questionnaire data documented family history of otosclerosis, age of onset, medical history, and information on associated risk factors for 657 patients. Pre and post-surgical pure-tone audiometry was collected for 154 of these patients. RESULTS: The age of onset, incidence of bilateral disease, tinnitus and vertigo, a higher prevalence of women (65%) than men (35%) are similar to those reported previously for otosclerosis cohorts. No association with measles infection was detected. Patients with a family history (40%) have an earlier age of onset and a higher incidence of bilateral disease and vertigo than non-familial subjects. Pedigree analysis is consistent with an autosomal dominant inheritance with reduced penetrance being apparent in 44/91 pedigrees studied. Women who associate their hearing loss with pregnancy have an earlier age of onset than those that do not (p = 6 × 10). CONCLUSIONS: This study confirms that otosclerosis is an early adult onset disease that is more prevalent in women than men with a large minority of patients having a family history of otosclerosis. We report new evidence to support a relationship between pregnancy and otosclerosis progression in a proportion of women. In addition, this is the first study to identify differences in severity between familial and non-familial cases of otosclerosis, highlighting the possibility that more than one etiology may be involved.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Epidemiology of Otosclerosis in a British Cohort |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1097/MAO.0000000000002047 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1097/MAO.0000000000002047 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal. |
| Keywords: | Bone remodeling, Epidemiology, Hearing loss, Middle ear, Otosclerosis, Stapes surgery |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > The Ear Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10065157 |
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