Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22076673›Full record

ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2012

Obesity and chronic daily headache.

Marcelo E Bigal, Alan M Rapoport

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Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  16. Association of diet and headache.The journal of headache and pain · 2019
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  19. Allergic Rhinitis and Chronic Daily Headaches: Is There a Link?Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Marcelo E BigalMerck & Co, 351 North Sumneytown Pike, North Wales, PA 19454, USA.
Alan M Rapoport

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity may be the greatest epidemic of modern times. It leads to diabetes and heart disease and shortens lifespan. Although not a risk factor for migraine, it is associated with an increased frequency and intensity of migraine. Obesity is also comorbid with chronic daily headache and is a major risk factor for chronification of episodic migraine in adults and children. Although obesity is not a factor in the effectiveness of migraine treatment, it does increase the peripheral and central events in migraine, ultimately increasing the neurologic potential for migraine. Although evidence suggests that obesity is a modifiable risk factor for migraine progression, it is unknown if weight loss is related to decrease in headache frequency. Recent surgical results suggest that this is true. We suggest all possible effective techniques aimed at weight loss be undertaken for migraineurs, especially obese migraineurs, and that carefully monitoring weight changes should be routinely done as part of their migraine care.

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Weight LossComorbidityDisease ProgressionFemaleHeadache DisordersHumansMaleObesityRisk FactorsSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMID22076673

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