The Prevalence of Migraine in Different Parts of Iran: Review of the Current Evidence

Sadeghi, Omid; Nasiri, Morteza; Saiedi, Saed Ghasem

doi:10.5812/jjcdc.4(3)2015.27678

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“…A systematic review and meta-analysis from Iran showed that prevalence of migraine in adolescence and adult was 7.14% to 18.11% respectively. 16 In another systematic review and meta-analysis, it was demonstrated that migraine prevalence in children was from 5.6% to 8%. 17 Women were the dominant gender in our study group, as the prevalence of migraine is higher in females, this could explain the higher prevalence of migraine in our report.…”

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Association of Gastrointestinal Functional Disorders and Migraine Headache: a Population Base Study

Lankarani¹,

Akbari²,

Tabrizi³

2017

Middle East J Dig Dis

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BACKGROUND Migraine is one of the prevalent headaches. Many of patients with migraine, complain of gastrointestinal symptoms. There is limited studies on relation of gastrointestinal symptoms and migraine headache at population level. METHODS In this population-based study, 1038 subjects older than 15 year from a rural area in Fars province, south of Iran. were investigated for functional gastrointestinal disorders. By cluster random sampling, 160 of these persons invited to receive endoscopy along with histopathology samples of upper gastrointestinal tract. Data were analyzed using Pearson chi-square and Fisher exact. RESULTS Mean age of participations were 34.3 years with female to male of 3:1. The prevalence of migraine, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), reflux, and dyspepsia were 24.6%, 17.7%, 17.4%, and 32.1%, respectively. There were significant relationship between migraine and functional gastrointestinal diseases (odds ratio of association for migraine with IBS, reflux, and dyspepsia were 3.43, 1.68, and 1.68 with p-value < 0.001 for all). In endoscopic findings, only presence of hiatal hernia was associated significantly with migraine (p = 0.011). No histopathologic findings in antral or duodenal biopsies were associated with migraine. CONCLUSION In this population based study we found significant association between migraines and gastrointestinal functional disorders including IBS, reflux and dyspepsia. This may have implication in better management of patients with migraine headache.

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Association of Gastrointestinal Functional Disorders and Migraine Headache: a Population Base Study

Lankarani¹,

Akbari²,

Tabrizi³

2017

Middle East J Dig Dis

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“…In addition, most studies on the association between physical activity and primary headaches are from western nations and no study examined this association in the Middle East. People in this region usually have low physical activity and also the prevalence of primary headaches is estimated to be high among the Middle Eastern population [18,19]. In addition, previous studies on the relation between physical activity and primary headaches have mainly conducted on adults and little attention has been paid on youth such as university students who have different lifestyle compared with others and the prevalence of primary headaches among them is estimated to be high [3,20].…”

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Physical activity and the prevalence of primary headaches among a large population of university students: The MEPHASOUS study

Mansouri¹,

Sharifi²,

Varmaghani³

et al. 2020

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Background: Primary headaches have a high prevalence among university students. Lifestyle has an important role in the prevention and management of these headaches. Among lifestyle factors, data on the association between physical activity and primary headaches are scarce and conflicting.Aim: To examine the association between physical activity and primary headaches among a large population of university students.Methods: Totally, 83,463 university students from 28 provinces of Iran were included in the current cross-sectional study. Data on physical activity, dietary intakes, and demographic characteristics were collected using pre-tested questionnaires. Primary headaches were determined according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders-3 (ICHD-3) criteria.Results: Mean age of university students was 21.50 ± 4.01, and 54.7% were female. Primary headaches were prevalent among 9% of students. A significant inverse association was seen between physical activity and primary headaches in the whole population (OR: 0.66, 95% CI: 0.62-0.71). Such an inverse association was also observed after taking potential confounders into account; such that students who were physically active had 21% lower odds of primary headaches compared with those who were physically inactive (OR: 0.79, 95% CI: 0.72-0.87). Also, physical activity was associated with reduced odds of primary headaches in male and female students (Males; OR: 0.70, 95% CI: 0.60-0.82, females; OR: 0.84, 95% CI: 0.75-0.94) as well as those students with normal-weight (OR: 0.79, 95% CI: 0.71-0.87), overweight, or obesity (OR: 0.80, 95% CI: 0.66-0.96).Conclusion: Our findings support the protective association between physical activity and primary headaches.

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“…Based on the most recent iteration of the International Classification of Headache Disorders, Third Edition (ICHD-3), Beta Version, primary headaches consist of migraine, tension-type headache and also non-classifiable headaches (2). The prevalence of primary headaches has been increasing at an alarming rate, particularly in early ages (3). For migraine, it is estimated an incidence of 18.2 per 1000 women aged 20 to 24 years and 6.2 per 1000 men aged 15 to 19 years (4,5).…”

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Breakfast consumption is inversely associated with primary headaches in university students: The MEPHASOUS study

Mansouri

Sharifi

Shokri

et al. 2019

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Background The prevalence of primary headaches has been increasing at an alarming rate, particularly in university students. Previous studies have shown that diet-related behaviors can affect neurological disorders. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the association between breakfast consumption patterns and primary headaches in a large population of university students.Methods In total, 83,677 university students, aged ≥18 years, from 28 provinces of Iran were included in the current cross-sectional study. Dietary intakes and breakfast consumption patterns were assessed using a validated self-administered dietary habits questionnaire. Primary headaches were determined according to the International Classification of Headache Disorders-3 (ICHD-3) criteria.Results The mean age of participants was 21.50 ± 4.01. Primary headaches were prevalent among 9% of university students. A significant inverse association was seen between breakfast consumption and odds of primary headaches (OR: 0.57, 95% CI: 0.51-0.62). This association remained significant even after taking potential confounders into account; such that students who consumed breakfast frequently had 26% lower odds of primary headaches compared with those who consumed it rarely (OR: 0.74, 95% CI: 0.65-0.85). Moreover, such a significant inverse association was observed in female students (OR: 0.54, 95% CI: 0.49-0.61) as well as those with normal weight (OR: 0.68, 95% CI: 0.58-0.79). However, it became non-significant in male students and those with overweight or obesity.Conclusions We found that frequent breakfast consumption was inversely associated with the odds of primary headaches. Further prospective studies are needed to confirm our findings.

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The Prevalence of Migraine in Different Parts of Iran: Review of the Current Evidence

Cited by 11 publications

References 24 publications

Association of Gastrointestinal Functional Disorders and Migraine Headache: a Population Base Study

Association of Gastrointestinal Functional Disorders and Migraine Headache: a Population Base Study

Physical activity and the prevalence of primary headaches among a large population of university students: The MEPHASOUS study

Breakfast consumption is inversely associated with primary headaches in university students: The MEPHASOUS study

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