Cardiovascular fitness and risk of migraine: a large, prospective population-based study of Swedish young adult men.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine the longitudinal relationship between cardiovascular fitness in young adult men and future risk of migraine and to estimate eventual differential effects among categories of body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure.

Design

National, prospective, population-based cohort study.

Setting

Sweden 1968-2014.

Participants

18-year-old Swedish men (n=1 819 828) who underwent mandatory military conscription examinations during the years 1968-2005.

Primary and secondary outcomes

The primary outcome was the first dispensation of prescribed migraine-specific medication, identified using the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register. The secondary outcome was documented migraine diagnosis from the Swedish National Hospital Register.

Results

During f

SUBMITTER: Nyberg J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6719773 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature