Weather, ambient air pollution, and risk of migraine headache onset among patients with migraine.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Migraine is a common recurrent headache disorder affecting 14% American adults. Although weather and air pollution are often reported by patients with migraine as precipitating factors, previous studies have had mixed results.

Methods

We prospectively collected migraine headache onset data using electronic questionnaires from 98 adults with episodic migraine in the Greater Boston area (2016-2017). Each participant was followed for an average of 45 days for a total of 4406 days of observation. Temperature, relative humidity, and barometric pressure data were obtained from local weather station. Daily average fine particulate matter, daily maximum 1-hour sulfur dioxide, daily maximum 1-hour nitrogen dioxide, daily maximum 8-hour ozone, and daily maximum 8-hour carbon

SUBMITTER: Li W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7523027 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature