ArticleNeurology2023
Cross-Trait Mendelian Randomization Study to Investigate Whether Migraine Is a Risk Factor for Multiple Sclerosis.
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- Causal factors for migraine in Mendelian randomization studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Identification of common genetic and molecular signatures in migraine and comorbid conditions.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Review
- Migraine is Related to Multiple Sclerosis Brain Lesions in the Central Pain Network with Several Migraine Phenotypes Exhibiting Different Lesion Patterns.Brain topography · 2026Article
- Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis and Primary Headache: Is There a Link?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Migraine with and without aura-two distinct entities? A narrative review.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Review
- Cerebral lesions in the central pain matrix are associated with headache in multiple sclerosis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Clinical Insights and Radiological Features on Multiple Sclerosis Comorbid with Migraine.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Migraine in the multiple sclerosis prodrome: a prospective nationwide cohort study in pregnant women.The journal of headache and pain · 2024Article
- Headache and Other Pain Syndromes in Multiple Sclerosis: A Narrative Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesMigraine is common among people with multiple sclerosis (MS), but the reasons for this are unknown. We tested 3 hypothesized mechanisms for this observed comorbidity, including migraine is a risk factor of MS, genetic variants are shared between the conditions, and migraine is because of MS.
methodsData were from 2 sources: publicly available summary statistics from genome-wide association studies of MS (N = 115,748) and migraine (N = 375,752 and N = 361,141) and a case-control study of MS recruited from the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Health Plan (N = 1,991). For the latter participants, migraine status was ascertained using a validated electronic health record migraine probability algorithm or self-report. Using the public summary statistics, we used 2-sample Mendelian randomization to test whether a migraine genetic instrumental variable was associated with MS. We used linkage disequilibrium score regression and LOGODetect to ascertain whether MS and migraine shared genetic variants across the genome and regionally. Using the Northern California MS cohort, we used logistic regression to identify whether people with both MS and migraine had different odds of clinical characteristics (e.g., age at MS onset, Perceived Deficits Questionnaire, and depression) or MS-specific risk factors (e.g., body mass index, smoking status, and infectious mononucleosis status) compared with people with MS without migraine.
resultsWe did not find evidence supporting migraine as a causal risk factor of MS ( DISCUSSION: Our findings do not support migraine as a causal risk factor of MS. Several genetic variants, particularly in the MHC, may account for some of the overlap. It seems likely that migraine within the context of MS is because of MS. Identifying what increases the risk of migraine within MS might lead to an improved treatment and quality of life.
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