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Migraine Risk Raised by Obesity
Researchers looked at 22,211 people who were asked to report whether they suffered from either migraine or severe headaches.
They found that age, gender and the way that body fat is distributed affected the risk of migraine.
Those who were 20 to 55 years of age and who had larger waistlines were more likely to have migraine attacks, on average, than people of the same age who had smaller waistlines.
About 37 percent of women between the ages of 20, who had excess fat around the belly reported migraine, compared to 29 percent without excess belly fat.
In men 20 to 55 years old, 20 percent of those with abdominal obesity reported migraine as compared to 16 percent of those without abdominal obesity.
However, in women 20 to 55 years of age with excess belly fat, the odds of migraine went up 1.3 times after adjusting for heart disease risk factors and for total body obesity.
After the age of 55, total body obesity was not associated with migraine in men or women. However, in women older than 55 years with large waistlines the odds of migraine actually decreased.
These results, while still in the early stages, suggest that losing weight in the stomach area may be beneficial for younger people who experience migraine and especially so for women, said study author B. Lee Peterlin, DO, of Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA, and a member of the American Academy of Neurology.
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