Chronic migraine is an earlier stage of transformed migraine in adults
- 22 November 2005
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Neurology
- Vol. 65 (10), 1556-1561
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000184477.11569.17
Abstract
Background: Chronic migraine (CM) is characterized by 15 or more migraine days per month. Most adults with chronic daily headache (CDH) that evolved from migraine have Objective: To test the hypothesis that early in the course of migraine chronification, the frequency of migraine attacks is high and that as illness progresses the frequency of nonmigraine headaches increases. Methods: Information was collected on 402 adults with TM and was divided into two groups. Group 1 TM had ≥15 days of migraine/month, whereas Group 2 TM had Results: Of 402 subjects with TM, 121 (30.1%) were in Group 1. The proportion of Group 1 subjects decreased with age, from 71% below age 30 to 22% age 60 or above. The correspondent proportion of Group 2 increased from 29 to 78%. More than 15 days of migraine per month was independently predicted by younger ages (p = 0.002), shorter interval from episodic to CDH (p = 0.003), and shorter time since the development of CDH (p < 0.0001). Conclusion: Chronic migraine is an earlier stage of transformed migraine.Keywords
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