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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: Headache. 2012 Mar 8;52(4):663–671. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2012.02114.x

Table 3.

Migraine and Obesity in Peri- and Post-Reproductive-Aged Participants

Reference Study Design/Name Sample Size Sex Age Range Obesity DX HA DX Findings
Mattson (2007)8 CS Total: 684
EM: 130		 Women only 40–74 years Measured TBO ICHD In older women, neither migraine prevalence or migraine attack frequency was associated w/total body obesity, using measured body mass indices (BMI-m).
Winter et al (2009)9 CS/WHS Total: 63,467
EM: 9195		 Women only ≥45 years Self-reported TBO Non-ICHD In older women, there was no association between total body obesity (BMI-sr) and active migraine or prior history of migraine.
Peterlin et al (2010)5 CS/NHANES Total: 6152 (>55 years)
EM: 749		 Both sexes separately ≥55 years Measured TBO and Abd-OB Non-ICHD In older men, the odds of migraine were not associated with total body obesity (BMI-m) or abdominal obesity (WC).
In older women, the odds of migraine were not associated with total body obesity (BMI-m).
In older women, the odds of migraine were decreased in those with abdominal obesity (WC).

Abd-OB = abdominal obesity; AMPP = American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention; BMI-sr = body mass index based on self-report; BMI-m = body mass index based on measured height and weight; CDH = chronic daily headache; CS = cross-sectional; DX = diagnosis; EH = episodic headache; EM = episodic migraine; ICHD = International Classification of Headache Disorders; Long = longitudinal; NHANES = National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; NL= normal; TBO = total body obesity; WC = waist circumference; WHR = waist to hip ratio; WHS = Women’s Health Study.