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Headache, unilateral headache, and migraine show no association with blood pressure levels.
Cross-Sectional (n=414)
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Community-based survey finds no differences in systolic or diastolic blood pressure across headache subtypes, indicating that headache is not linked to altered blood pressure.
Following a survey of headaches, in which questionnaires were sent to a random sample of the general population, groups of individuals with headache, unilateral headache, or migraine, and a fourth group who had not had a headache in the previous year were examined. Measurements of arterial blood pressure on 414 individuals gave no evidence of any differences between these groups for either systolic or diastolic pressure. The number of individuals that could be regarded as hypertensive in this community-based study was small, but it is concluded that most individuals with headache, and with migraine, have blood pressures similar to those who do not have headaches.
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William E. Waters (1971) conducted a cross-sectional in Headache and migraine (n=414). Headache, unilateral headache, or migraine vs. No headache in the previous year was evaluated on Systolic and diastolic arterial blood pressure. Headache, unilateral headache, and migraine showed no differences in systolic or diastolic blood pressure compared with having no headache in the previous year among 414 community individuals.
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