Postmenopausal Migraine Signals Higher Ischemic Stroke Risk, Not Hemorrhagic Stroke, in the Women’s Health Initiative
Highlights
Among 130,277 postmenopausal women in the Women’s Health Initiative, a self-reported physician diagnosis of migraine was associated with a modestly higher risk of incident ischemic stroke over nearly 20 years of follow-up.
The association did not reach statistical significance for total stroke overall after multivariable adjustment, and no significant association was observed for hemorrhagic stroke.
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