A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Familial occurrence of headache
Authors: Minna Aromaa, Päivi Rautava, Matti Sillanpää, Hans Helenius, Ansa Ojanlatva
Publisher: SCANDINAVIAN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Publication year: 1999
Journal: Cephalalgia
Journal name in source: CEPHALALGIA
Journal acronym: CEPHALALGIA
Volume: 19
Issue: 25_suppl
First page : 49
Last page: 52
Number of pages: 4
ISSN: 0333-1024
eISSN: 1468-2982
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0333102499019S2513
Abstract
Associations between the occurrences of headache among parents and their offspring during a 7-year follow-up were studied. Data were collected using a prestructured questionnaire from a representative population-based sample of 1443 families expecting their first child. Seven years later, another questionnaire was sent to 1132 families still included in the study. Questionnaires were returned by 968 families. One or either of the parents had experienced frequent headache in 47% of families (34% of the mothers and 19% of the fathers) before pregnancy. Of the 6-year-old children, 15% had headache disturbing daily activities. Mother's prepregnancy headache was a clear predictor of her child's preschool headache (p=0.006, OR=1.7, 95% CI 1.2-2.4). In the clinical interview, the children with headache more often had first-degree and second-degree relatives with headache than the control children.
[4th European Headache Federation Congress - Proceedings of the 4th Congress]
Associations between the occurrences of headache among parents and their offspring during a 7-year follow-up were studied. Data were collected using a prestructured questionnaire from a representative population-based sample of 1443 families expecting their first child. Seven years later, another questionnaire was sent to 1132 families still included in the study. Questionnaires were returned by 968 families. One or either of the parents had experienced frequent headache in 47% of families (34% of the mothers and 19% of the fathers) before pregnancy. Of the 6-year-old children, 15% had headache disturbing daily activities. Mother's prepregnancy headache was a clear predictor of her child's preschool headache (p=0.006, OR=1.7, 95% CI 1.2-2.4). In the clinical interview, the children with headache more often had first-degree and second-degree relatives with headache than the control children.
[4th European Headache Federation Congress - Proceedings of the 4th Congress]
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