Risk factors for idiopathic intracranial hypertension in men: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify risk factors for idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) in men.

Design

Case-control study. A 96-item telephone questionnaire, answered retrospectively, with cases recalling at the age of their diagnosis and controls recalling at the age of their corresponding case's diagnosis.

Setting

Outpatient clinics in two US tertiary care centers.

Participants

The characteristics of 24 men with IIH were compared to those of 48 controls matched for sex, age, race, and World Health Organization body mass index (BMI) category.

Main outcome measures

Two previously validated questionnaires: the ADAM (Androgen Deficiency in Aging Males) questionnaire for testosterone deficiency and the Berlin questionnaire for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), embed

SUBMITTER: Fraser JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2815168 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature