Chinook winds and migraine attack onset in children and adolescents: A prospective longitudinal clinical cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the relationship between migraine attack onset in children and adolescents and Chinooks, which are dry and warm westerly winds that generally occur in the winter and bring about abrupt weather changes to the east of the Rocky Mountains in Southern Alberta, Canada.

Methods

This was a prospective longitudinal clinical cohort study with recruitment from November 2020 to May 2024. Participants were: 8-18 years old, had migraine as per International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd edition criteria, had 1-15 headache days/month, lived in the geographical location where Chinook winds occur, and had exposure to at least one pre-Chinook or Chinook day during the study period. Chinook days were defined using Nkemdirim's criteria and Environment Canada dat

SUBMITTER: Villaruz RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12849522 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature