Association between childhood eczema and headaches: An analysis of 19 US population-based studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Atopic dermatitis (or eczema) is a chronic inflammatory disorder associated with sleep disturbances and quality-of-life impairment. Sleep disturbances have been shown to cause headaches in childhood. However, an association between eczema and headaches is not well established.

Objectives

We sought to determine whether childhood eczema is associated with increased headaches and whether such association is related to fatigue or sleep disturbance.

Methods

We analyzed data from 401,002 children and adolescents in 19 US population-based cross-sectional studies from the National Survey of Children's Health 2003/2004 and 2007/2008 and the National Health Interview Survey 1997-2013.

Results

In multivariate models controlling for age, sex, race/ethnicity, hou

SUBMITTER: Silverberg JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5216169 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature