ArticleJournal of pain research2018
Dietary trigger factors of migraine and tension-type headache in a South East Asian country.
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- The impact of caffeine consumption on migraine: a systematic review.BMC neurology · 2026Pooled it
- Risk factors associated to disability in primary headaches: a systematic review to inform future iterations of the Global Burden of Disease Study.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Pooled it
- Unravelling the gut-brain connection: a systematic review of migraine and the gut microbiome.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Pooled it
- The Role of Diet and Nutrition in Migraine Triggers and Treatment: A Systematic Literature Review.Headache · 2020Pooled it
- A Global Perspective on Migraine Attack Triggers: Understanding Differences Across Lifestyles, Religions, and Regions.Current pain and headache reports · 2026Review
- Assessment of Chocolate, Cheese, and Caffeine as Migraine Triggers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Patient-Reported Trigger Rates.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2026Review
- A review on gut microbiota and migraine severity: a complex relationship.Inflammopharmacology · 2026Review
- Food in Migraine Management: Dietary Interventions in the Pathophysiology and Prevention of Headaches-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Hallmarks of primary headache: part 2- Tension-type headache.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Review
- Unmasking the relationship between CGRP and glutamate: from peripheral excitation to central sensitization in migraine.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Review
- Dietary Patterns and Migraine: Insights and Impact.Nutrients · 2025Review
- The Brain, the Eating Plate, and the Gut Microbiome: Partners in Migraine Pathogenesis.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Migraine incidence and coffee consumption among child-bearing age women: the Korea Nurses' Health Study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The correlation between the frequent intake of dietary migraine triggers and increased clinical features of migraine (analytical cross-sectional study from Egypt).Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Causal relationship between coffee intake and neurological diseases: a Mendelian randomization study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
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- Debate: differences and similarities between tension-type headache and migraine.The journal of headache and pain · 2023Review
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- Migraine triggers in Asian countries: a narrative review.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Review
- No Causal Association Between Coffee Consumption and Risk of Migraine: A Mendelian Randomization Study.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe literature on the dietary trigger factors of headache among the South East Asians is limited.
objectiveThe objective of the study was to examine the dietary trigger factors of migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) in Malaysian patients, consisting of Malays, Chinese and Indians.
methodsIn this prospective cross-sectional study, patients presenting with migraine and TTH to a neurology clinic between April 2010 and June 2017 were recruited. The patients were given a comprehensive dietary list consisting of 25 specified types of food and drink items as well as other unspecified types of food and drink items which were possible dietary triggers. The data on these dietary triggers and missing meals were collected.
resultsA total of 684 patients with headache (319 migraine and 365 TTH patients) were recruited. One hundred and fifty-eight (23.1%) patients had missing meals as trigger. Two hundred and fifty-five (37.3%) patients had dietary triggers; 141 (44.2%) patients with migraine and 114 (31.2%) patients with TTH had dietary triggers. Eighty-four (52.8%) Malay, 28 (41.8%) Chinese, 25 (32.5%) Indian migraine patients and five (38.5%) migraine patients from other ethnic groups, had dietary triggers. Some 58 (40.0%) Malay, 27 (25.2%) Chinese, 22 (23.9%) Indian patients and 7 (29.2%) patients from other ethnic groups with TTH had dietary triggers. The most common dietary trigger factors were coffee (19.9%), chocolate (7.5%) and food rich in monosodium glutamate (5.6%). Logistic regression showed that chocolate (OR 2.16, 95% CI 1.06-4.41,
conclusionChocolate and coffee significantly triggered migraine compared to TTH. Inter-ethnic differences were observed for dietary trigger factors.
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