Long-term exposure to air pollutants and new-onset migraine: A large prospective cohort study.

Ecotoxicol Environ Saf

Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address:

Published: March 2024

Backgrounds: Short-term exposure to air pollutants increases the risk of migraine, but the long-term impacts of exposure to multiple pollutants on migraine have not been established. The aim of this large prospective cohort study was to explore these links.

Methods: A total of 458,664 participants who were free of migraine at baseline from the UK Biobank were studied. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the risk of new-onset migraine from combined long-term exposure to four pollutants, quantified as an air pollution score using principal component analysis.

Results: During a median (IQR) follow-up of 12.5 (11.8, 13.2) years, a total of 5417 new-onset migraine cases were documented. Long-term exposure to multiple air pollutants was associated with an increased risk of new-onset migraine, as indicated by an increased in the SDs of PM (hazard ratio (HR): 1.04, 95% CI: 1.01-1.06, P = 0.009), PM (HR: 1.07, 95% CI: 1.04-1.10, P < 0.001), NO (HR: 1.10, 95% CI: 1.07-1.13, P < 0.001) and NOx (HR: 1.04, 95% CI: 1.01-1.07, P = 0.005) in the main model. The air pollution score showed a doseresponse association with an increased risk of new-onset migraine. Similarly, compared with those of the lowest tertile, the HRs (95% CI) of new-onset migraine were 1.11 (95% CI: 1.04-1.19, P = 0.002) and 1.17 (95% CI: 1.09-1.26, P < 0.001) in tertiles 2 and 3, respectively, according to the main model (P trend < 0.001).

Conclusion: Long-term individual and joint exposure to multiple air pollutants is associated with an increased risk of new-onset migraine.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2024.116163DOI Listing

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