Stroke Risk

Migraine with aura, cholesterol increase risk of stroke in women

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 20th, 2004

Women who have migraines with aura have a more than 50% increased risk of total stroke and 70% increase of ischemic stroke compared to those without migraines, according to research presented at the American Academy of Neurology 56th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

In a related study, the same group of researchers found an elevated risk for ischemic stroke in women with high total cholesterol and two related measures of blood lipids.

The migraine results also indicated that there was no increased risk of stroke associated with overall migraine and migraines without aura or nonmigraine headache, according to lead study author Tobias Kurth, MD, ScD,...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-05-20)

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