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Symptoms and clinical parameters of pediatric and adolescent migraine, by gender - a retrospective cohort study

Overview of attention for article published in The Journal of Headache and Pain, August 2017
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Title
Symptoms and clinical parameters of pediatric and adolescent migraine, by gender - a retrospective cohort study
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The Journal of Headache and Pain, August 2017
DOI 10.1186/s10194-017-0789-z
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Tal Eidlitz-Markus, Avraham Zeharia

Abstract

The available data on gender differences in clinical migraine parameters among pediatric patients are based on relatively few studies, which did not use the current version of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) of the International Headache Society. The aim of the present study was to compare between males and females, demographic and clinical characteristics of children and adolescents with migraines diagnosed according to the ICDIII-beta version. The electronic database of a tertiary pediatric headache clinic was searched for all children and adolescents diagnosed with migraine headaches in 2010-2016. Data on demographics, symptoms, and headache-related parameters were collected from the medical files. Findings were compared by gender. The cohort included 468 children and adolescents of mean age 11.3 ± 3.6 years; 215 males (45.9%) and 253 females (54.1%). Migraine without aura was documented in 313 patients (66.9%), and migraine with aura in 127 (27.1%); 28 patients (6.0%) had probable migraines. The female patients had significantly higher values than the male patients for the following parameters: age at admission (p = 0.042, Cohen's d 0.8303, 95% CI 0.614-0.992); age at migraine onset (p = 0.021, Cohen's d 0.211, 95% CI 0.029-0.394); rate of migraine with aura (OR 2.01, 95% CI 1.29-3.16, p = 0.0056); headache frequency (p = 0.0149, Cohen's d 0.211, 95% CI 0.029-0.3940); rate of chronic migraine (p = 0.036, OR 1.54, 95% CI 1.02-2.34); and puberty (OR 3.51, 95% CI 2.01-6.35, p = <0.001). Males had a higher rate of vomiting (OR 0.62, 95% CI 0.41-0.93, p = 0.018). Further analysis by pubertal stage revealed that pubertal females, but not prepubertal females, had a significantly higher rate of migraine with aura than did males (41.1% versus 28.9%; OR 1.42, 95% CI 0.85-2.37, p = 0.039). Female children and adolescents with migraine treated in a tertiary pediatric headache clinic were characterized by a higher rate of chronic migraine and migraine with aura, a lower rate of vomiting, and older age at onset relative to males. These findings might be influenced by the better description of migraine symptoms by females owing to their better verbal ability.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 24%
Student > Bachelor 5 20%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 8%
Student > Master 2 8%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 5 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 40%
Neuroscience 2 8%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 4%
Sports and Recreations 1 4%
Other 3 12%
Unknown 7 28%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 July 2021.
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#1,259,507
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#128
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#26,575
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#3
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