Table 1 Relative risks of ischaemic stroke according to type of migraine


Relative risk (95% CI) of migraine

First author, year

Any

With aura

Without aura

Adjustment for covariates and confounders

Cases: controls or cohort size

Cases: controls or cohort size with migraine

Case-control studies













Collaborative group, 19757

2.0 (1.2 to 3.3)

NS

NS

Age, contraceptives, smoking

430:451

115:212

Henrich, 19898

1.8 (0.9 to 3.6)

2.6 (1.1 to 6.6)

1.3 (0.5 to 3.6)

Sex, age, race, date of discharge

89:178

17:20

Marini, 19939

1.91 (1.05 to 3.5)

14.85 (1.8 to 124)

1.6 (0.9 to 3.0)

Diet, obesity, alcohol, smoking, contraceptives, hypertension, diabetes

308:308

46:25

Tzourio, 199310

1.3 (0.8 to 2.3)

1.3 (0.5 to 3.8)

0.8 (0.4 to 1.5)

Age, sex, hypertension, smoking, diabetes, contraceptives

212:212

28:30

Tzourio, 19952

3.5 (1.8 to 6.4)

6.2 (2.1 to 18)

3.0 (1.5 to 5.8)

Age, sex, hypertension, smoking, diabetes, contraceptives

72:173

43:52

Lidegaard, 199511

2.8 (2.00 to 4.25)

NS

NS

Pregnancy, diabetes, hypertension, earlier thrombotic disease, other disease

497:1370

64:66

Carolei, 19963

1.9 (1.1 to 3.1)

8.6 (1.0 to 75)

1.0 (0.5 to 2.0)

Hypertension, smoking, cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, contraceptives, alcohol

308:591

46:54

Haapaniemi, 199712

2.12 (1.05 to 2.95)

NS

NS

Hypertension, cardiac disease, current smoking, diabetes, alcohol

506:345

86:42

Chang, 199913

3.54 (1.30 to 9.61)

3.81 (1.26 to 11.5)

2.97 (0.66 to 13.5)

Contraceptives, hypertension, smoking

291:736

71:88

Donaghy, 200214

2.98 (1.24 to 7.19)

2.79 (0.94 to 8.31)

NS

Age, smoking, hypertension, heart condition, education level, social class

86:214

26.26

Schwaag, 200315

2.11 (1.16 to 3.82)

1.0 (0.28 to 3.35)

2.5 (1.3 to 6.3)

Age, sex

160:160

37:20

Cohort studies













Buring, 199516

2.00 (1.10 to 3.64)

NS

NS

Age, smoking, hypertension, cholesterol, diabetes, heart condition, exercise frequency

213:21 952

19:1479

Merikangas, 199717

2.1 (1.5 to 2.9)

NS

NS

Age, sex, hypertension, diabetes, heart condition, alcohol, smoking

423:12 200

NS

Nightingale, 2004* 18

2.33 (1.04 to 5.21)

NS

NS

Age, hypertension, physician

190:1129

16:44

Cross sectional study













Kruit, 200419

7.1 (0.9 to 55)

13.7 (1.7 to 112)

2.3 (0.2 to 23)

Age, sex, smoking, hypertension, cholesterol, alcohol

161:140

NS

NS=not specified.

* Nested case-control study within a well defined cohort.