The association between abdominal obesity and characteristics of migraine attacks in Iranian adults
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Background
Migraine is a primary headache disorder that affects the neurovascular system. Recent studies have shown that migraine patients with general obesity have higher characteristics of migraine attacks compared with normal weight patients, but data on central obesity are scarce. This study was done to assess the relationship between central obesity and the characteristics of migraine attacks in migraine patients.Materials And Methods
This cross‑sectional study was conducted on 129 migraine patients (28 men and 101 women), aged 1567 years, in Isfahan, Iran. Anthropometric measurements such as waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waisthip ratio (WHR) and waistheight ratio (WHtR), as well as characteristics of migraine attacks such as severity, frequency, duration, and headache diary result (HDR) was determined for each participant. Linear regression was used to examine the association between anthropometric measurements and characteristics of migraine attacks. P value less than 0.05 was considered significant.Results
WC, WHR, and WHtR were positively associated with the severity (P‑value: WC: 0.002, WHR: 0.002, WHtR: 0.001) and frequency (P‑value: WC: 0.006, WHR: 0.01, WHtR: 0.002) of migraine attacks. Moreover, we found a significant association between WC (P = 0.001), WHR (P = 0.004), and WHtR (P Conclusions
Central obesity indicators were positively associated with the severity and frequency of migraine attacks as well as HDR, but not with duration of attacks. Based on our findings, it can be concluded that weight loss may decrease the characteristics of migraine attacks.Keywords:
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English
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Iranian Journal Of Nursing and Midwifery Research, Volume:21 Issue: 3, May-Jun 2016
Pages:
271 to 277
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