Stroke

Initial type and frequency of migraine influences women's stroke risk

Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 19th, 2002

The risk of ischemic stroke is significantly increased in women whose first ever migraines were accompanied by aura, according to a new study.

The authors based their findings on further analysis of 300 women aged 20-44, who had taken part in a larger World Health Organization Collaborative Study of Cardiovascular Disease and Steroid Hormone Contraception. Between 1990 and 1993, they compared 86 women admitted to the hospital with a first-time ischemic stroke with 214 women admitted to hospital for other illness.

Compared with the other women, the risk of ischemic stroke increased by a factor of 8 in those whose first-ever migraines were accompanied...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-12-19)

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