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. 2020 Mar 17;21(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s10194-020-01091-9

Table 4.

Age- and multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios for all-cause mortality according to migraine frequency (N = 27,844)

Migraine or headache status: No migraine (N = 18,691) Non-migraine headache (N = 4025) Past history of migraine (N = 1518) Active Migraine < 1/month (N = 2727) Active migraine at least monthly (N = 703) Active migraine weekly or daily (N = 180)
HR -ref- HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI) HR (95% CI)
All-cause death,N 3614 641 306 356 73 22
Age-adjusteda 1 (ref) 1.04 (0.96–1.13) 1.02 (0.91–1.15) 0.91 (0.82–1.02) 0.85 (0.68–1.08) 0.87 (0.58–1.33)
Multivariable-adjustedb 1 (ref) 1.01 (0.93–1.10) 1.00 (0.89–1.12) 0.94 (0.84–1.05) 0.94 (0.74–1.19) 0.92 (0.61–1.40)

Abbreviations: HR Hazard ratio, CI Confidence interval, ref., reference category

a,Adjusted for age at baseline

bAdjusted for the following variables measured at baseline: age, BMI, total cholesterol, smoking, alcohol use, physical activity, diabetes, hypertension, family history of myocardial infarction, and family history of cancer