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May 09, 2017; 88 (19) Article

Body composition status and the risk of migraine

A meta-analysis

Bizu Gelaye, Simona Sacco, Wendy J. Brown, Haley L. Nitchie, Raffaele Ornello, B. Lee Peterlin
First published April 12, 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000003919
Bizu Gelaye
From the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (B.G.), Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA; Department of Neurology (S.S., R.O.), University of L'Aquila, Italy; School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences (W.J.B.), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; and Department of Neurology (H.L.N., B.L.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
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Simona Sacco
From the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (B.G.), Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA; Department of Neurology (S.S., R.O.), University of L'Aquila, Italy; School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences (W.J.B.), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; and Department of Neurology (H.L.N., B.L.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
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Wendy J. Brown
From the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (B.G.), Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA; Department of Neurology (S.S., R.O.), University of L'Aquila, Italy; School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences (W.J.B.), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; and Department of Neurology (H.L.N., B.L.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
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Haley L. Nitchie
From the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (B.G.), Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA; Department of Neurology (S.S., R.O.), University of L'Aquila, Italy; School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences (W.J.B.), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; and Department of Neurology (H.L.N., B.L.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
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Raffaele Ornello
From the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (B.G.), Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA; Department of Neurology (S.S., R.O.), University of L'Aquila, Italy; School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences (W.J.B.), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; and Department of Neurology (H.L.N., B.L.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
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Body composition status and the risk of migraine
A meta-analysis
Bizu Gelaye, Simona Sacco, Wendy J. Brown, Haley L. Nitchie, Raffaele Ornello, B. Lee Peterlin
Neurology May 2017, 88 (19) 1795-1804; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003919

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vol. 88 no. 19 1795-1804
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000003919
PubMed: 
28404807

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • Received October 28, 2016
  • Accepted in final form February 14, 2017
  • First Published April 12, 2017.

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    1. Bizu Gelaye, PhD,
    2. Simona Sacco, MD,
    3. Wendy J. Brown, PhD,
    4. Haley L. Nitchie, BS,
    5. Raffaele Ornello, MD and
    6. B. Lee Peterlin, DO
  1. Bizu Gelaye, PhD,
  2. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. consulted for Egalet Corporation for unrelated project

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

  3. Simona Sacco, MD,
  4. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. Travel honoraria: Allergan Speaker honoraria: Bayer, Boheringer

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Stroke, editorial board, 2015 European Neurology, editorial board, 2010 The Journal of Headache and Pain, editor board, 2012-2016 The Journal of Headache and Pain, Associate Editor, 2017 European Stroke Journal, editorial board, 2016

    Patents:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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  5. Wendy J. Brown, PhD,
  6. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport - editorial board member (honorary)

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Commercial Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. National Health & Medical Research Council $1,269,867; 2013-2017 - Turrell G, Burton NW, Brown WJ, Giles-Corti B, Bennett A, Pachana NA. A longitudinal multilevel study of physical activity, sedentary behaviour and physical function in mid-to-late adulthood. Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing; $4,853,831; 2012-2015; Dobson A, Byles J, Brown W, Lee C, Pachana N, Mishra G, Loxton D, Lucke J, Tooth L, Sibbritt D, McLaughlin D, Tavener M. Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.National Health and Medical Research Council Centres for Research Excellence; $2,190,625; 2010-2016; Dobson A, Mishra G, Brown W, Lee C, Pachana N, Byles J. Centre of Research Excellence in Women?s Health in the 21st Century (CREWH21).

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. UQ HaBS Research Collaboration Seeding Grants; $31,000; 2016 - Johnston, Gilson, Smith, Brown, Vicenzino. Mediating the negative impact of standing for the office worker transitioning to a sit-stand workstation.UQ HaBS Research Collaboration Seeding Grants; $34,000; 2016; Kolbe-Alexander, Brown, Turner, Bogossian. Reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease innurses who work night shifts.

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. Exercise and Sports Science Australia; Tom Penrose Community Services Grant: $15,000: 2015-2017; Keating, Coombes, McDonald, Hickman, Brown. Exercise for patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatits: Does intensity matter? Australian Teachers Health Foundation; $65,000; 2015-2017 - Plotnikoff R, Brown W, Courneya K, Sigal R, James E, Lubans D, Cohen K. The Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Referral to Exercise Physiologists, Psychologists, and Supplementary Physical Behavior Change Strategies for School Teachers ?at risk? for Type 2 Diabetes, with Pre Diabetes or with Type 2 Diabetes: A Pilot Study. Diabetes Australia Research Program; $59,950; 2016-2017 - Liu, Russell, Brown. A pilot study to assess the efficacy of Tai Chi for Type 1 Diabetes. Australian Heart Foundation Vanguard Grant; $82,159; Pavey TG, Gartner C, Brown WJ, Coombes JS. HIIT to Quit: The effectiveness of High Intensity Interval Training for smoking cessation. Bicycle Victoria Incorporated $55,000; 2014-2016; Gomersall S, Brown WJ. Evaluation of a community cycling program for teens: ‘The Happiness Cycle’ Australian Heart Foundation Focus Grant; $164,894; 2014- 2016Brown W, Bauman A, Kolbe-Alexander T, Gilson N. Encouraging businesses to adopt activity-permissive workplaces to reduce sitting time at work.

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Royalty Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Research Sponsor:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
    1. NONE

    Legal Proceedings:
    1. NONE

  7. Haley L. Nitchie, BS,
  8. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

    Funding for Travel or Speaker Honoraria:
    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

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    Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials:
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    Legal Proceedings:
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  9. Raffaele Ornello, MD and
  10. Scientific Advisory Boards:
    1. NONE

    Gifts:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. NONE

    Patents:
    1. NONE

    Publishing Royalties:
    1. NONE

    Employment, Commercial Entity:
    1. NONE

    Consultancies:
    1. NONE

    Speakers' Bureaus:
    1. NONE

    Other Activities:
    1. NONE

    Clinical Procedures or Imaging Studies:
    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Academic Entities:
    1. NONE

    Research Support, Foundations and Societies:
    1. NONE

    Stock/Stock Options/Board of Directors Compensation:
    1. NONE

    License Fee Payments, Technology or Inventions:
    1. NONE

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  11. B. Lee Peterlin, DO
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    Gifts:
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    1. NONE

    Editorial Boards:
    1. Headache; Associate Editor; 2009-present BMC Neurology; Associate Editor; 2013-present Neurology; Editorial Board Member; 2015-present

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

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    1. NONE

    Research Support, Government Entities:
    1. (1) NIH grant#:NS078345-01, Primary Investigator,4/15/12-3/31/17

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    1. NONE

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  1. From the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (B.G.), Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA; Department of Neurology (S.S., R.O.), University of L'Aquila, Italy; School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences (W.J.B.), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; and Department of Neurology (H.L.N., B.L.P.), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
  1. Correspondence to Dr. Peterlin: lpeterlin{at}jhmi.edu
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    • B. Lee Peterlin, DO, Lancaster General Health (Lancaster, PA)
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