Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: Obesity and migraine: A population studyTo the Editor: We read with interest the recent article by Bigal et al. 1 concerning migraine and obesity.They concluded that obesity is not comorbid to migraine but is significantly associated with the number of headache days, severity, and some clinical features.We would like to introduce our survey of headache in nurses who are working in our hospital.Almost 700 nurses participated in this survey, and 10% of them have migraine.According to the results, the proportion of migraine subjects with 10 or more headache days per month is nearly 10% in normal or underweight subjects.There was no one whose body mass index was greater than 25 and who had headache of 10 days or more.We would like the authors to clarify the following points.Are those who are obese in childhood or adolescence at greater risk for developing migraine than those who are not?In addition, overweight people may have sleep apnea syndrome (SAS), hyperglycemia, and hypercholesteremia.These factors may also play a role in migraine.Migraine is associated with elevated cholesterol level 2 and mitochondria plays a role in migraine pathogenesis.3 In addition, is it possible that reduction of body weight may improve headache in obese subjects?It would be interesting to investigate whether reduction of body weight in normal or underweight subjects would impact migraine.
Source: Neurology
Authors: Csaba Juhasz, Harry T. Chugani
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2158398111