Association of Migraine With Aura and Other Risk Factors With Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Women.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Migraine with aura is known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The absolute contribution of migraine with aura to CVD incidence in relation to other CVD risk factors remains unclear.

Objective

To estimate the CVD incidence rate for women with migraine with aura relative to women with other major vascular risk factors.

Design, setting, and participants

Female health professionals in the US (the Women's Health Study cohort) with lipid measurements and no CVD at baseline (1992-1995) were followed up through December 31, 2018.

Exposures

Self-reported migraine with aura compared with migraine without aura or no migraine at baseline.

Main outcomes and measures

The primary outcome was major CVD (first myocardial infarction, stroke,

SUBMITTER: Kurth T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7284297 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature