Maternal migraine and risk of pediatric cancers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal migraine has been linked to adverse birth outcomes including low birth weight and preterm birth, as well as congenital anomalies in offspring. It has been speculated that this may be due to the use of medications in pregnancy, but lifestyle, genetic, hormonal, and neurochemical factors could also play a role. There is evidence for varying cancer incidences among adults with migraine. Here, we utilized data from national registries in Denmark to examine associations between maternal diagnoses of migraine and risk for cancer in offspring.

Methods

We linked several national registries in Denmark to identify cases from the Cancer Registry among children less than 20 years (diagnoses 1996-2016) and controls from the Central Population Register, matched to case

SUBMITTER: Orimoloye HT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10278537 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature