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14624726
TITLE
Genetic and environmental influences on migraine: a twin study across six countries.
ABSTRACT
Migraine is a common neurovascular brain disorder that is manifested in recurrent episodes of disabling headache. The aim of the present study was to compare the prevalence and heritability of migraine across six of the countries that participate in GenomEUtwin project including a total number of 29,717 twin pairs. Migraine was assessed by questionnaires that differed between most countries. It was most prevalent in Danish and Dutch females (32% and 34%, respectively), whereas the lowest prevalence was found in the younger and older Finnish cohorts (13% and 10%, respectively). The estimated genetic variance (heritability) was significant and the same between sexes in all countries. Heritability ranged from 34% to 57%, with lowest estimates in Australia, and highest estimates in the older cohort of Finland, the Netherlands, and Denmark. There was some indication that part of the genetic variance was non-additive, but this was significant in Sweden only. In addition to genetic factors, environmental effects that are non-shared between members of a twin pair contributed to the liability of migraine. After migraine definitions are homogenized among the participating countries, the GenomEUtwin project will provide a powerful resource to identify the genes involved in migraine.
DATE PUBLISHED
2003 Oct
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
pubmed 2003/11/20 05:00
medline 2004/01/21 05:00
entrez 2003/11/20 05:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Mulder EJ Mulder Elles J EJ Dept of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ejcm.mulder@psy.vu.nl
Van Baal C Van Baal Caroline C
Gaist D Gaist David D
Kallela M Kallela Mikko M
Kaprio J Kaprio Jaakko J
Svensson DA Svensson Dan A DA
Nyholt DR Nyholt Dale R DR
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
MacGregor AJ MacGregor Alex J AJ
Cherkas LF Cherkas Lynn F LF
Boomsma DI Boomsma Dorret I DI
Palotie A Palotie Aarno A
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 6
ISSUE: 5
TITLE: Twin research : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies
ISOABBREVIATION: Twin Res
YEAR: 2003
MONTH: Oct
DAY:
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CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 1369-0523
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Twin Res
COUNTRY: Australia
ISSNLINKING: 1369-0523
NLMUNIQUEID: 9815819
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Twin Study
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adolescent
Adult
Australia epidemiology
Denmark epidemiology
Environment epidemiology
Female epidemiology
Finland epidemiology
Great Britain epidemiology
Humans epidemiology
Male epidemiology
Middle Aged epidemiology
Migraine Disorders genetics
Netherlands epidemiology
Prevalence epidemiology
Sex Factors epidemiology
Sweden epidemiology
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GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
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