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. 2010 Aug 24;341:c3966. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c3966

Table 3.

 Age and multivariable* adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) for mortality from cardiovascular disease according to migraine status in men and women in Reykjavik Study (n=18 725†)

No headache Non-migraine headache‡ Migraine Migraine without aura§ Migraine with aura¶
Men
Died/total 2086/7068 388/1405 189/571 38/128 151/443
Age adjusted 1.00 0.99 (0.89 to 1.10) 1.28 (1.11 to 1.49)** 1.07 (0.78 to 1.48) 1.35 (1.15 to 1.60)**
Multivariable adjusted 1.00 0.97 (0.87 to 1.08) 1.35 (1.17 to 1.57)** 1.14 (0.83 to 1.57) 1.42 (1.20 to 1.68)**
Women
Died/total 1061/6003 377/2226 222/1452 66/498 156/954
Age adjusted 1.00 1.12 (1.00 to 1.26) 1.15 (0.99 to 1.33) 1.04 (0.81 to 1.34) 1.20 (1.01 to 1.42)**
Multivariable adjusted 1.00 1.13 (1.01 to 1.27)** 1.16 (1.00 to 1.34) 1.09 (0.85 to 1.40) 1.18 (1.00 to 1.40)
Men and women
Died/total 3147/13 071 765/3631 411/2023 104/626 307/1397
Age-sex adjusted 1.00 1.04 (0.96 to 1.13) 1.19 (1.07 to 1.32)** 1.02 (0.84 to 1.24) 1.25 (1.11 to 1.41)**
Multivariable adjusted 1.00 1.04 (0.96 to 1.13) 1.22 (1.10 to 1.36)** 1.10 (0.91 to 1.34) 1.27 (1.13 to 1.43)**

*Age, BMI, smoking (no, current, previous), education (primary, secondary, college/university), systolic and diastolic blood pressure, use of antihypertensive drugs, cholesterol concentration, diabetes, history of coronary artery disease, and birth control use for women.

†Of original 18 903 participants, 68 (0.36%) were lost to follow-up and 110 (0.58%) had missing data on blood pressure, cholesterol concentration, or BMI, leaving n=18 725 with 470 990 years of follow-up.

‡Headache without or with one symptom of migraine once or more a month.

§2-3 of unilateral, photophobia, nausea symptoms.

¶Migraine with visual or sensory symptoms, or both. Participants with symptoms of migraine without aura and migraine with aura were classified as migraine with aura.

**Significant at P<0.05.