Risk of ischaemic stroke in patients with migraine: a longitudinal follow-up study using a national sample cohort in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Accumulating evidence has supported the association between migraine and stroke, but the causative association remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the risks of different types of stroke in patients with migraine.

Design

A longitudinal follow-up study.

Setting

Data collected from a national cohort between 2002 and 2013 by the South Korea Health Insurance Review and Assessment.

Participants

We extracted the data from patients with migraine (n=41 585) and 1:4 matched controls (n=1 66 340) and analysed the occurrence of ischaemic and haemorrhagic strokes. The migraine group included participants treated for migraine (International Classification of Disease-10 (ICD-10): G43)≥2 times. Haemorrhagic stroke (I60-I62) and ischaemic stroke (I63) were determ

SUBMITTER: Lee SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500292 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature