By Kristen Monaco
Source Medpagetoday
History of migraine combined with persistent hot flashes was associated with higher risks for cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to an analysis of women in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.
After adjusting for age, race, estrogen use, oophorectomy, and hysterectomy, women with both had more than a two-fold higher risk for cardiovascular disease compared with women without migraines and with minimal or increasing hot flashes (HR 2.25, 95% CI 1.15-4.38), reported Catherine Kim, MD, MPH, of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and colleagues.
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