Role of Migraine as a Risk Factor of Ischemic Stroke in Young Women

Authors

  • Farhana Mosleuddin Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Sheikh Hasina Medical College, Tangail, Bangladesh
  • Rafiqul Islam Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Mamnur Rashid Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Pijush Majumder Resistrar, Department of Neurology, Chattogram Medical College Hospital, Chattogram, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jninb.v8i2.63772

Keywords:

Migraine; ischemic stroke; young women

Abstract

Background: Migraine is a chronic primary headache disorder with episodic attacks which affects the people in the most productive periods of their working lives; women are affected up to four times more often than men. Objective: The purpose of the present study was to identify the association of migraine and risk of ischemic stroke in young women.

Methodology: It’s a hospital based case-control study carried out in the Department of Neurology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University from January 2010 to December, 2012.

Results: The result obtained from our study shows that migraine and ischemic stroke were strongly associated; 60% (95% confidence interval 48% to 71%) of cases had migraine compared with 30%(23% to 37%) of controls (P < 000 1). This association persisted after we controlled for age, history of hypertension, use of oral contraceptives, and smoking.Women with migraine had a more than threefold increased risk of ischemic stroke compared with women without migraine. This increase occurred with both types of migraine, although the risk was higher with migraine with aura (odds ratio 6-2) than with migraine without aura.

Conclusion: In conclusion, the risk of ischemic stroke was higher among young women with migraine who smoked or who took oral contraceptives.

Journal of National Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh, July 2022;8(2):193-197

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Published

2023-01-15

How to Cite

Mosleuddin, F. ., Islam, R. ., Rashid, M., & Majumder, P. (2023). Role of Migraine as a Risk Factor of Ischemic Stroke in Young Women. Journal of National Institute of Neurosciences Bangladesh, 8(2), 193–197. https://doi.org/10.3329/jninb.v8i2.63772

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2022)

Section

Original Research Articles

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