Cristina Almeida-Ayerve

Cristina Almeida-Ayerve


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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

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16 October 2023 in Journal of Clinical Medicine
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GCGuillermo Salib Coronel
Guillermo Salib Coronel
CMChiara Monopoli-Roca
Chiara Monopoli-Roca
CACristina Almeida-Ayerve
Cristina Almeida-Ayerve
SASusana Marcos Alonso
Susana Marcos Alonso
DTDiana Gómez de la Torre-Morales
Diana Gómez de la Torre-Morales
HSHortensia Sánchez-Gómez
Hortensia Sánchez-Gómez
To analyze the influence of age and cardiovascular risk factors (CVRFs) in the evolution of vestibular neuritis (VN). Methods: Retrospective cohort study. VN-diagnosed patients were included and divided into two groups: those with and without CVRFs. We analyzed the mean vestibular-ocular reflex (VOR) gain, measured through the video head impulse test (vHIT) at the diagnosis and one-year follow-up. We conducted a factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA) to evaluate the effect of age, sex, and CVRFs in the mean VOR gain. Results: Sixty-three VN-diagnosed patients were included. There were no statistically significant differences in the mean VOR gain between both groups. However, in the subgroup analysis, there were statistically significant differences when comparing the mean VOR gain at the one-year follow-up between the group over 55 years of age 0.77 ± 0.20 and the group under 55 years 0.87 ± 0.15 (p = 0.036). Additionally, the factorial ANOVA demonstrated a significant main effect of age group on the mean VOR gain at the one-year follow-up (p = 0.018), and it also found a significant interaction between the factors of gender, age group, HTN (p = 0.043). Conclusions: CVRFs do not independently affect the mean VOR gain in VN patients’ follow-ups. However, age significantly impacts VOR gain in VN and could be modulated by gender and hypertension.