• Cephalalgia · Apr 2016

    Headache and peak oxygen uptake: The HUNT3 study.

    • Knut Hagen, Ulrik Wisløff, Øyvind Ellingsen, Lars Jacob Stovner, and Mattias Linde.
    • Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Norwegian Advisory Unit on Headaches, St Olavs Hospital, Norway knut.hagen@ntnu.no.
    • Cephalalgia. 2016 Apr 1; 36 (5): 437-44.

    BackgroundEvidence on the association between headache and physical fitness is conflicting. The aim of this population-based study was to examine the relationship between peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) and headache, including migraine and tension-type headache (TTH).MethodsIn the third Nord-Trøndelag Health study (HUNT3), VO2peak was measured by ergospirometry in a sample of 4631 healthy adult participants. Of these, 3899 (54% women) also answered headache questions. The cross-sectional association between headache and VO2peak was evaluated by logistic regression using a categorical approach based on quintiles. Scores in the upper quintile were used as reference.ResultsParticipants age 20-50 years had significant trends of increasing prevalence of any headache ( ITALIC! p < 0.001), migraine ( ITALIC! p < 0.001), TTH ( ITALIC! p = 0.002) and unclassified headache ( ITALIC! p = 0.027) with lower VO2peak. The highest prevalence odds ratios (ORs) were found in those with VO2peak in the lower quintile: For any headache the OR was 2.3 (95% confidence interval (1.6-3.3), for TTH 1.8 (1.2-2.8), for unclassified headache 1.9 (1.1-3.8), and for migraine 3.7 (2.1-6.6). Similar results were also found among those who reported physical activity levels in accordance with current recommendations of the American College of Sports Medicine but nevertheless had low VO2peak. Being in the lowest VO2peak quintile was also strongly associated with migraine aggravated by physical activity (OR 4.1, 2.1-8.1). No significant association was found between VO2peak and headache for those 50 years or older.ConclusionsIn this large cross-sectional study, an inverse relationship was found between VO2peak and headache for adults younger than 50 years of age.© International Headache Society 2015.

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