Migraine: modifiable risk factors
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Migraine: modifiable risk factors. Lower socioeconomic status, Obesity, Underweight. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Individual risk factors
- Lower socioeconomic status
- Obesity
- Underweight
Patent foramen ovale (PFO)
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Environmental risk factors
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Dietary and endocrine risk factors
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Other risk factors
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References
- Winter AC, Berger K, Buring JE, Kurth T. Body mass index, migraine, migraine frequency and migraine features in women. Cephalalgia 2009; 29:269-278.
- Larrosa D, Ramón C, Alvarez R, Martínez-Camblor P, Cernuda E, Pascual J. No relationship between patent foramen ovale and migraine frequency. Headache 2016; 56:1466-1473.
- Gelaye B, Sacco S, Brown WJ, Nitchie HL, Ornello R, Peterlin BL. Body composition status and the risk of migraine: a meta-analysis. Neurology 2017; 88:1795-1804.
- Ornello R, Ripa P, Pistoia F, et al. Migraine and body mass index categories: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. J Headache Pain 2015; 16:27.
- Maleki N, Kurth T, Field AE. Age at menarche and risk of developing migraine or non-migraine headaches by young adulthood: a prospective cohort study. Cephalalgia 2017; 37:1257-1263.
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