Joakim Schjølberg Larsen

• Larsen, Joakim Schjølberg; Skaug, Eli-Anne; Wisløff, Ulrik; Ellingsen, Øyvind; Stovner, Lars Jacob & Linde, Mattias [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2016). Migraine and endothelial function: The HUNT3 Study. Cephalalgia. ISSN 0333-1024. 36(14), p. 1341–1349. doi: 10.1177/0333102416631961. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Background: Reduced endothelial function is associated with elevated risk of cardiovascular disease, but evidence on the association between migraine and endothelial function is conflicting. The aim of this population-based study was to examine the relationship between flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) and migraine with aura, migraine without aura and tension-type headache. Methods: In the third Nord-Trøndelag Healthy Study (HUNT3) FMD was measured by ultrasound during reactive hyperaemia of the brachial artery in a sample of 4739 healthy adult participants, 3929 of whom answered headache questions. The cross-sectional association between different headache diagnoses and FMD was evaluated by logistic regression, using a categorical approach. Results: Mean FMD did not differ between the headache groups and headache-free controls. In multi-adjusted analyses, no consistent association was found between FMD quintiles and headache groups. Conclusions: There was no relationship between FMD and migraine or other headache diagnoses in this large cross-sectional study of otherwise healthy respondents including freedom from pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases.

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