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15022209
TITLE
Latent class and genetic analysis does not support migraine with aura and migraine without aura as separate entities.
ABSTRACT
Latent class and genetic analyses were used to identify subgroups of migraine sufferers in a community sample of 6,265 Australian twins (55% female) aged 25-36 who had completed an interview based on International Headache Society (IHS) criteria. Consistent with prevalence rates from other population-based studies, 703 (20%) female and 250 (9%) male twins satisfied the IHS criteria for migraine without aura (MO), and of these, 432 (13%) female and 166 (6%) male twins satisfied the criteria for migraine with aura (MA) as indicated by visual symptoms. Latent class analysis (LCA) of IHS symptoms identified three major symptomatic classes, representing 1) a mild form of recurrent nonmigrainous headache, 2) a moderately severe form of migraine, typically without visual aura symptoms (although 40% of individuals in this class were positive for aura), and 3) a severe form of migraine typically with visual aura symptoms (although 24% of individuals were negative for aura). Using the LCA classification, many more individuals were considered affected to some degree than when using IHS criteria (35% vs. 13%). Furthermore, genetic model fitting indicated a greater genetic contribution to migraine using the LCA classification (heritability, h(2)=0.40; 95% CI, 0.29-0.46) compared with the IHS classification (h(2)=0.36; 95% CI, 0.22-0.42). Exploratory latent class modeling, fitting up to 10 classes, did not identify classes corresponding to either the IHS MO or MA classification. Our data indicate the existence of a continuum of severity, with MA more severe but not etiologically distinct from MO. In searching for predisposing genes, we should therefore expect to find some genes that may underlie all major recurrent headache subtypes, with modifying genetic or environmental factors that may lead to differential expression of the liability for migraine.
Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
DATE PUBLISHED
2004 Apr
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
pubmed 2004/03/17 05:00
medline 2004/06/17 05:00
entrez 2004/03/17 05:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Nyholt DR Nyholt Dale R DR Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. daleN@qimr.edu.au
Gillespie NG Gillespie Nathan G NG
Heath AC Heath Andrew C AC
Merikangas KR Merikangas Kathleen R KR
Duffy DL Duffy David L DL
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 26
ISSUE: 3
TITLE: Genetic epidemiology
ISOABBREVIATION: Genet. Epidemiol.
YEAR: 2004
MONTH: Apr
DAY:
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 0741-0395
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Genet Epidemiol
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 0741-0395
NLMUNIQUEID: 8411723
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GRANTID AGENCY COUNTRY
AA07728 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
AA10249 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
AA11998 NIAAA NIH HHS United States
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Migraine with Aura pathology
Migraine without Aura pathology
Models, Genetic pathology
Severity of Illness Index pathology
Twins genetics
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
OTHER ID's