Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is strongly associated with migraine, according to new Canadian research. Indeed, a wide range of possible factors link the conditions.
The study included 21,502 adults aged 20 years and older. Of these, 10.4% experienced migraines. Overall, 6.0% of people with migraine and 2.1% of those without migraine reported GAD in the last year. After adjusting for possible confounders, people with migraine were 2.5 times more likely to develop GAD (odds ratio [OR] 2.46).
The authors uncovered several risk factors that seemed to increase the risk of GAD in the last year in the 2232 people with migraine including: having a university degree (OR 1.96); being without a confidant (OR 5.28); and being in the lowest 10% of income (OR 4.63) or in the bottom half (10-49%) of the income (OR 3.30) compared to the top fifth (80-100%). Women with migraines were about half as likely to develop GAD as men (OR 0.53).
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