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Migraine without aura: A population‐based twin study
Author(s) -
Gervil Morten,
Ulrich Vibeke,
Kyvik Kirsten O.,
Olesen Jes,
Russell Michael Bjørn
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/1531-8249(199910)46:4<606::aid-ana8>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - concordance , aura , migraine , twin study , dizygotic twin , monozygotic twin , population , medicine , etiology , migraine with aura , psychology , pediatrics , psychiatry , heritability , genetics , biology , environmental health
Abstract To investigate the importance of genetic and environmental factors to the etiology of migraine without aura and to compare the symptomatology of migraine without aura in monozygotic and dizygotic twins, 2,680 twin pairs were recruited from the population‐based Danish Twin Registry. Monozygotic (MZ) and same‐sex dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs, where at least one twin had self‐reported migraine or self‐reported severe headache with accompanying symptoms, were telephone interviewed by a physician. The participation rate in the telephone interview was 90%. The pairwise concordance rate was significantly higher in MZ than in DZ twin pairs (28% vs 18%). The probandwise concordance rate was 40% (95% CI, 33–48%) in MZ and 28% (95% CI, 23–33%) in DZ twin pairs. The pairwise concordance rates for the different pain characteristics and accompanying symptoms were not significantly different in MZ and DZ twin pairs. However, comparing all of the pairwise concordance rates of pain characteristics and accompanying symptoms together, MZ twin pairs were significantly more concordant than DZ twin pairs. Our data demonstrate a significant genetic factor in migraine without aura. The size of this factor is modest and the demonstration of susceptibility genes is predicted to be laborious and difficult.

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