ArticlePain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2019
The Relationship Between Migraine or Severe Headache and Chronic Health Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study from the National Health Interview Survey 2013-2015.
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- Epidemiological linkage between migraine and diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The journal of headache and pain · 2024Pooled it
- Physical health in young males and risk of chronic musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases by middle age: A population-based cohort study.PLoS medicine · 2025Article
- The Association Between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Migraine: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- COPD is Associated with Higher Prevalence of Back Pain: Results of a Population-Based Case-Control Study, 2017.Journal of pain research · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo estimate the prevalence of having at least one or two or more chronic health conditions among US adults with self-reported migraine or severe headaches.
designCross-sectional study.
methodsUsing data collected from the 2013-2015 National Health Interview Survey, we examined adults with and without migraine or severe headache and associations with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and hypertension. We calculated point estimates, variances, and 95% confidence intervals and conducted bivariate and multivariable logistic regression modeling to examine the relationships between migraine or severe headache and each of the chronic health conditions, as well as multinomial modeling, to examine the relationship between migraine or severe headache and having one or more chronic health conditions.
resultsA total of 104,926 people were in the study. Adults aged 18 to 44 years (18.2%), women (20.1%), and those with some college education (17.6%) had the greatest proportion with migraine or severe headache (P < 0.0001). Using multinomial modeling with the number of chronic health conditions as the dependent variable, adults reporting migraine had an increased odds of reporting a single chronic health condition (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.7, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.6-1.8) and more than double the odds of reporting two or more chronic health conditions (aOR = 2.5, 95% CI = 2.3-2.8) compared with adults who did not have migraine or severe headache.
conclusionsOur study confirms observed relationships between migraine or severe headache and chronic health conditions and supports the need for further research to uncover the shared biological pathways.
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