Migraine and risk of cardiovascular diseases: Danish population based matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the risks of myocardial infarction, stroke (ischaemic and haemorrhagic), peripheral artery disease, venous thromboembolism, atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter, and heart failure in patients with migraine and in a general population comparison cohort.

Design

Nationwide, population based cohort study.

Setting

All Danish hospitals and hospital outpatient clinics from 1995 to 2013.

Participants

51 032 patients with migraine and 510 320 people from the general population matched on age, sex, and calendar year.

Main outcome measures

Comorbidity adjusted hazard ratios of cardiovascular outcomes based on Cox regression analysis.

Results

Higher absolute risks were observed among patients with incident migraine than in the general po

SUBMITTER: Adelborg K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5791041 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature