Abstract
A population based study at the Mayo Clinic and Olmsted County, Minnesota identified 629 residents with newly diagnosed migraine headache between 1979 and 1981.
Highlights
A population based study at the Mayo Clinic and Olmsted County, Minnesota identified 629 residents with newly diagnosed migraine headache between 1979 and 1981
In 10% of females the migraine attacks were related to menstruation, 2% had headaches associated with pregnancy, and 11% of females stated that oral contraceptives increased or initiated their migraine attacks
Bille in a 14 year longitudinal study of over 9000 school children found 11% (71 per 100,000 per year) to have developed migraine, an incidence in children far below that reported in the present study
Summary
A population based study at the Mayo Clinic and Olmsted County, Minnesota identified 629 residents with newly diagnosed migraine headache between 1979 and 1981. The age adjusted incidence was 137/100,000 personyears for males and 294/100,000 person-years for females. Of the 629 newly diagnosed patients in the study, 100 (15%) were less than 15 years of age. (Stang PE et al Incidence of migraine headache: a population-based study in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
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