Maternal migraine and the risk of psychiatric disorders in offspring: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Maternal migraine may contribute to mental heath problems in offspring but empirical evidence has been available only for bipolar disorders. Our objective was to examine the association between maternal migraine and the risk of any and specific psychiatric disorders in offspring.

Methods

This population-based cohort study used individual-level linked Danish national health registers. Participants were all live-born singletons in Denmark during 1978-2012 (n = 2 069 785). Follow-up began at birth and continued until the onset of a psychiatric disorder, death, emigration or 31 December 2016, whichever came first. Cox proportional hazards model was employed to calculate the hazard ratios (HRs) of psychiatric disorders.

Results

Maternal migraine was associated with a

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8318838 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature