Fruit and vegetable intake and odds of pediatric migraine
ISSN: 0034-6659
Article publication date: 4 December 2019
Issue publication date: 18 August 2020
Abstract
Purpose
Diet is recognized as a possible potential factor in migraine pathogenesis. Limited evidence exists on the effect of diet on pediatric migraine, so this paper aims to investigate the association between fruit and vegetable consumption and odds of migraine in children.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors conducted a case-control study in tertiary Sina hospital, Tehran, Iran. A hundred children with migraine as case group and 190 sex-matched healthy controls were included in this study. Definite diagnosis of migraine was based on 2018 international classification of headache disorder 3 (ICHD3) criteria. Demographic and anthropometric characteristics were collected. Common dietary intake of participants was obtained using a validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire.
Findings
Children in the migraine group had significantly higher BMI and age compared with the control group (p-value = <0.01). After adjustment for age, gender, BMI and total energy intake, a significant association between higher intake of vegetables in second tertile (OR: 0.47; CI: 0.24-0.92), fruits in third tertile (OR: 0.31; CI:0.14-0.69) and fiber in fourth quartile (OR:0.28; CI:0.095-0.85) was obtained. Controlling for all confounders in Model 3, the odds of migraine, decreased by 50 per cent and 70 per cent as the consumption of vegetables and fruits increased, in the second tertile of vegetables (p-value = 0.04) and the third tertile of fruits (p-value = <0.01).
Originality/value
The findings confirm a plausible protective role of dietary fruits and vegetables against the risk of migraine in children, which can be attributed to the probable effect of dietary fiber.
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Acknowledgements
Shadi Ariyanfar and Soodeh Razeghi Jahromi have contributed equally to this study. The authors appreciate the study participants and the staffs of Center of Neurological Research center for their invaluable help.
Funding: This study was funded by Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Grant Number: 97-01-54-38173).
Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Citation
Ariyanfar, S., Razeghi Jahromi, S., Rezaeimanesh, N., Togha, M., Ghorbani, Z., Khadem, E., Ghanaatgar, M., Noormohammadi, M. and Torkan, Z. (2020), "Fruit and vegetable intake and odds of pediatric migraine", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 50 No. 5, pp. 829-840. https://doi.org/10.1108/NFS-07-2019-0213
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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