Alcohol consumption in Menière’s disease patients

Objectives: Dietary changes are useful in the management of Meniere’s disease; regarding alcohol, many clinicians recommend to avoid or reduce its consumption. However, there are no researches aimed to evaluate whether habitual alcohol consumption is more prevalent and/or more intense in patients with Meniere’s disease.Methods: Cross-sectional, observational, case-control study, including three groups: patients with Meniere’s disease, patients with vertigo of other origins, and control subjects. Alcohol consumption was compared between these three groups. Participants in this study were grouped according to alcohol consumption as follows: categorization A1 (nonalcohol vs. alcohol consumers), categorization A2 (nonalcohol, low, moderate, and high alcohol consumers), and categorization A3 (light alcohol consumers: nonconsumers plus low consumers; heavy alcohol consumers: moderate plus high consumers).Results: A total of 180 subjects were included in this study (72 in group A, 72 in group B, and 36 in contro...