Dietary patterns and migraine: are dietary intake and biochemical parameters associated with migraine characteristics?
ISSN: 0034-6659
Article publication date: 9 September 2022
Issue publication date: 28 February 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to elucidate the relationship between nutritional status and various biochemical parameters and migraine symptoms.
Design/methodology/approach
The disability of individuals aged 19–64 years old with episodic migraine (n = 80, female n = 64, male n = 16) was assessed with the Migraine Disability Assessment Scale, and migraine severity was evaluated with the visual analog scale. The metabolic risks of individuals were determined by analyzing body composition, various biochemical parameters and anthropometric measurements. Nutrients and energy intake levels were measured using the food consumption recording form.
Findings
Body muscle mass percentage was correlated directly with migraine severity and inversely with the attack duration (r = 0.26, p = 0.01 and r = −0.29, p = 0.007, respectively). High bone mass was associated with low attack frequency (r = −0.23, p = 0.03), while high body fat percentage was associated with long attack duration (r = 0.28, p = 0.009). A significant direct correlation was found between total cholesterol level and migraine severity and attack duration (r = 0.25, p = 0.02) and between triglyceride level and attack duration (r = 0.26, p = 0.01). There was a direct correlation between serum thyroxine (T4) level and migraine attack severity (r = 0.23, p = 0.03). There was a significant direct correlation between energy and carbohydrate intake and migraine severity (r = 0.26, p = 0.02 and r = 0.30, p = 0.009, respectively), protein and vitamin B2 intake and attack frequency (r = 0.24, p = 0.03 and r = 0.23, p = 0.04, respectively) and an inverse correlation between monounsaturated fatty acid, fiber and vitamin C intake and migraine severity score (r = −0.35, p = 0.002; r = −0.25, p = 0.02; and r = −0.41, p = 0.001, respectively).
Originality/value
The findings confirm that nutritional status, body composition and some biochemical parameters can affect the course of migraine.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
Disclosure statement: The authors declare no potential conflict of interest.
Funding: The authors declare that this study has received no financial support.
Citation
Bakırhan, H., Yıldıran, H. and Uyar Cankay, T. (2023), "Dietary patterns and migraine: are dietary intake and biochemical parameters associated with migraine characteristics?", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 53 No. 3, pp. 630-645. https://doi.org/10.1108/NFS-06-2022-0190
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited