American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 134, No. 10: 1111-1120
Copyright © 1991 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
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Age- and Sex-specific Incidence Rates of Migraine with and without Visual Aura
1Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Baltimore, MD
2Analytic Studies Section, Biostatistics Branch, epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, Division of Cancer Etiology, National Cancer Institute Bethesda, MD
3Division of Behavioural Science and Health Educationa, Department of Health Policy and Management, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Baltimore, MD
4Department of Neurology, University of Kanasas College of Health Sciences and Hospita Kanasas City, KS
Reprint requests to Dr. Walter Stewart, Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 N wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Age- and sex-specific incidence rates for the onset of migraine headache with and without preceding visual aura were estimated from a population-based telephone interview survey conducted between March 1986 and June 1987 of 10,169 randomly selected residents of Washington County, Maryland, between the ages of 12 and 29 years. A total of 392 males and 1,018 females were identified as having a history of migraine. Of these, 27% of male cases and 28% of female cases were defined as having migraine with visual aura. Among both males and females, the incidence rate for migraine with visual aura appears to have peaked as much as 3–5 years earlier than the age peak for migraine without aura. For males, the age-specific incidence for migraine with visual aura appears to have peaked on or before 5 years of age at 6.6/ 1,000 person-years, or possibly higher. In contrast, the highest incidence for migraine without aura occurred between 10 and 11 years of age at 10.1/1,000 person–years. New cases of migraine were uncommon among males in their late 20s. The initial onset of migraine headache begins at a later age among females than among males. For females, the highest incidence of migraine with aura occurred between 12 and 13 years of age at 14.1/1,000 person–years; the highest incidence for migraine without aura occurred between 14 and 17 years of age at 18.9/1,000 person–years. In contrast to males, new onset of migraine was relatively common among females in theirlate 20s. Am J Epidemiol 1991 ;134:1111 –20.
incidence; migraine; population
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