Clinical characteristics of familial aggregation and risk factors in first -degree relatives of migraineprobands / 中国神经精神疾病杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To examine the clinical characteristics of familial aggregation in migraineurs and to ana-lyze the risk factors. Methods Seventy-two migraineurs were recruited and divided into two subgroups according to family migraine history. The subjects were interviewed in detail with questionnaire including age, disease duration, age at migraine onset,migraine severity, frequency of headache,duration of each attack, aura, unilateral pain, pulsate pain, family history of migraine, family members and other factors. Multi-factors logistic regression analysis was performed to analysis the risk factors after single variable analysis. Results Of 72 migraine patients, 37(51.4%) reported that at least one first-degree relative had a history of migraine. There were no significant differences between migraine sub-groups with and without family migraine history in age (P=0.598), gender(P=0.675), disease duration (P=0.419), aura (P=0.669), headache severity (P=0.837), frequency of attack (P=0.465), concomitant symptoms (P=0.081), headache location (P=0.353), headache property (P=0.963), there were significant differences between migraine subgroups with and without family migraine history in age at disease onset (P=0.023), duration of headache attack (P=0.041), early age (<16 years)at disease onset (48.6% vs. 22.9%, P=0.023) and long duration (≥24 hours)of attack (35.1% vs. 14.3%, P=0.041). Multi-variables logistic regression analysis identified fist-degree relatives of probands who had ear-ly age at disease onset (OR=2.986, 95%CI:1.621~5.503) and long duration of headache attack (OR=2.320, 95%CI:1.219~4.415) had higher risk of migraine (P<0.05). Conclusion Migraineurs with family migraine history have earlier onset of migraine and longer duration of attack. Early age at headache onset and long duration of headache attack are the risk factors of family aggregation.