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

Table 6.

 Risk of mortality from stroke* according to migraine status in men and women in Reykjavik Study (n=18 725†). Figures are age and multivariable‡ adjusted hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals)

No headache Non-migraine headache§ Migraine Migraine without aura¶ Migraine with aura**
Men
Died/total 373/7068 63/1405 37/571 6/128 31/443
Age adjusted 1.00 0.92 (0.70 to 1.20) 1.46 (1.04 to 2.05)†† 0.97 (0.43 to 2.18) 1.62 (1.12 to 2.34)††
Multivariable adjusted 1.00 0.90 (0.69 to 1.18) 1.55 (1.10 to 2.18)†† 0.96 (0.43 to 2.15) 1.76 (1.22 to 2.54)††
Women
Died/total 292/6003 99/2226 63/1452 18/498 45/954
Age adjusted 1.00 1.08 (0.86 to 1.36) 1.20 (0.91 to 1.58) 1.05 (0.65 to 1.69) 1.27 (0.92 to 1.74)
Multivariable adjusted 1.00 1.08 (0.86 to 1.36) 1.20 (0.91 to 1.59) 1.08 (0.67 to 1.75) 1.26 (0.92 to 1.73)
Men and women
Died/total 665/13 071 162/3631 100/2023 24/626 76/1397
Age-sex adjusted 1.00 1.01 (0.85 to 1.20) 1.27 (1.03 to 1.58)†† 1.01 (0.67 to 1.53) 1.38 (1.09 to 1.76)††
Multivariable adjusted 1.00 1.00 (0.84 to 1.19) 1.30 (1.05 to 1.61)†† 1.06 (0.70 to 1.60) 1.40 (1.10 to 1.78)††

*ICD-9 codes 431, 433, 434, 436, 438 and ICD-10 codes I61, I63, I64, I66, and I69.

†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.

‡Age, BMI, smoking (no, current, previous), education (primary, secondary, college/university), systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and use of antihypertensive drugs.

§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.