ArticleNeurology2014
Adiponectin and leptin levels in migraineurs in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.
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- Distinct inflammatory profiles across migraine states: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Pooled it
- The link between obesity and migraine in childhood: a systematic review.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2017Pooled it
- Adipokines and Migraine: A Systematic Review.Headache · 2016Pooled it
- Migraine and Obesity: From Shared Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies.Neurology and therapy · 2026Review
- Altered immunity in migraine: a comprehensive scoping review.The journal of headache and pain · 2024Article
- Advances in understanding migraine pathophysiology: a bench to bedside review of research insights and therapeutics.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2024Review
- Serological Biomarkers of Chronic Migraine.Current pain and headache reports · 2023Review
- Is there any association between migraine headache and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)? A review article.Molecular biology reports · 2022Review
- Headache in Children: Selected Factors of Vascular Changes Involved in Underlying Processes of Idiopathic Headaches.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- Is Migraine Primarily a Metaboloendocrine Disorder?Current pain and headache reports · 2018Review
- Interictal, circulating sphingolipids in women with episodic migraine: A case-control study.Neurology · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate adiponectin and leptin levels in older men and women with migraine.
methodsFasting total and high molecular weight (HMW) adiponectin and leptin levels were evaluated in a case-cohort study of nondiabetic older migraine and nonmigraine control participants from the ongoing, longitudinal, general population, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study at visit 1 (1987-1989). A standardized headache questionnaire was completed at visit 3 (1993-1995). Logistic regression models adjusted for age, sex, race, center, body mass index, and fasting glucose were used to evaluate the association of each adipocytokine with migraine.
resultsOf the 981 participants, the mean age at baseline was 52.8 years (SE 0.3); 131 fulfilled migraine criteria. Crude, mean total adiponectin levels were greater in men and women with migraine (8.1 µg/mL, SE 0.5) as compared to those without migraine (7.0 µg/mL, SE 0.2) (p = 0.031). After adjustments, the odds of migraine were increased by 88% with each SD increase in total adiponectin in men (odds ratio [OR] 1.86; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.15, 3.01; p = 0.011), but not in women (OR 1.05; 95% CI 0.80, 1.37; p = 0.728; p interaction = 0.029). Similar results were demonstrated for HMW adiponectin. Crude and adjusted leptin levels were not associated with migraine.
conclusionsAlthough crude, total adiponectin levels were higher in older men and women with migraine than controls, after adjustments, the prevalence of migraine was significantly associated with total adiponectin only in older men, suggesting the association may be confounded or absent in older women. Leptin was not associated with migraine in older men or women.
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