Association between lifestyle factors and headache

The Journal of Headache and Pain

Original

Stefan Evers¹  Tobias Kurth²  Wolfgang Hoffmann³  Konstanze Fendrich³  Sebastian E. Baumeister⁴  Mechtild Vennemann⁵  Klaus Berger⁵  Anke C. Winter⁶  Christa Meisinger⁷  Volker Pfaffenrath⁸ 

[1] Department of Neurology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany;Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 900 Commonwealth Avenue East, 02115, Boston, MA, USA;INSERM Unit 708-Neuroepidemiology, Paris, France;University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France;Institute for Community Medicine, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany;Institute for Community Medicine, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany;Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany;Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany;Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany;Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 900 Commonwealth Avenue East, 02115, Boston, MA, USA;Institute of Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany;Neurology Practice Leopoldstrasse, Munich, Munich, Germany;

关键词: Migraine;    Tension-type headache;    Alcohol consumption;    Body mass index;    Physical activity;    Smoking;   

DOI  :  10.1007/s10194-010-0286-0

 received in 2010-07-22, accepted in 2010-12-21,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Modification of lifestyle habits is a key preventive strategy for many diseases. The role of lifestyle for the onset of headache in general and for specific headache types, such as migraine and tension-type headache (TTH), has been discussed for many years. Most results, however, were inconsistent and data on the association between lifestyle factors and probable headache forms are completely lacking. We evaluated the cross-sectional association between different lifestyle factors and headache subtypes using data from three different German cohorts. Information was assessed by standardized face-to-face interviews. Lifestyle factors included alcohol consumption, smoking status, physical activity and body mass index. According to the 2004 diagnostic criteria, we distinguished the following headache types: migraine, TTH and their probable forms. Regional variations of lifestyle factors were observed. In the age- and gender-adjusted logistic regression models, none of the lifestyle factors was statistically significant associated with migraine, TTH, and their probable headache forms. In addition, we found no association between headache subtypes and the health index representing the sum of individual lifestyle factors. The lifestyle factors such as alcohol consumption, smoking, physical activity and overweight seem to be unrelated to migraine and TTH prevalence. For a judgement on their role in the onset of new or first attacks of migraine or TTH (incident cases), prospective cohort studies are required.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s) 2011