Ischemic stroke subtypes and migraine with visual aura in the ARIC study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association among migraine, ischemic stroke, and stroke subtypes in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study.

Methods

In this ongoing, prospective, longitudinal community-based cohort study, participants were given an interview ascertaining migraine history in 1993-1995, and were followed for all vascular events, including stroke. All stroke events over the subsequent 20 years were adjudicated and classified into stroke subtypes by standard definitions. Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for stroke risk factors were used to study the relationship between migraine and ischemic stroke, overall, as well as stroke subtypes (cardioembolic, lacunar, or thrombotic).

Results

We identified 1,622 migraineurs among 12,758 participan

SUBMITTER: Androulakis XM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5207003 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature