Mi Ji Lee1, Bo-Yong Park1, Soohyun Cho1, Hyunjin Park2, Chin-Sang Chung2. 1. From the Department of Neurology (M.J.L., S.C., C.-S.C.), Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine; Neuroscience Center (M.J.L., C.-S.C.), Samsung Medical Center, Seoul; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (B.-Y.P.) and School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (H.P.), Sungkyunkwan University; and Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (B.-Y.P., H.P.), Institute for Basic Science, Suwon, Korea. 2. From the Department of Neurology (M.J.L., S.C., C.-S.C.), Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine; Neuroscience Center (M.J.L., C.-S.C.), Samsung Medical Center, Seoul; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (B.-Y.P.) and School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (H.P.), Sungkyunkwan University; and Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (B.-Y.P., H.P.), Institute for Basic Science, Suwon, Korea. hyunjinp@skku.edu cspaul@naver.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between the cerebrovascular reactivity to carbon dioxide (CO2-CVR) and the deep white matter hyperintensity (WMH) burden in patients with migraine. METHODS: A total of 86 nonelderly patients with episodic migraine without vascular risk factors and 35 headache-free controls underwent 3T MRI. Deep WMHs were quantified with a segmentation method developed for nonelderly migraineurs. The interictal CO2-CVR was measured with transcranial Doppler with the breath-holding method. The mean breath-holding index of the bilateral middle cerebral arteries (MCA-BHI) was square root transformed and analyzed with univariate and multivariate logistic regression models to determine its association with the highest tertiles of deep WMH burden (number and volume). RESULTS: A low MCA-BHI was independently associated with the highest tertile of deep WMH number in patients with migraine (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 0.02, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.0007-0.63, p = 0.026). In controls, the MCA-BHI was not associated with deep WMH number. Interaction analysis revealed that migraine modified the effect of MCA-BHI on deep WMH number (p for interaction = 0.029). The MCA-BHI was not associated with increased deep WMH volume in both patients and controls. Age was independently associated with deep WMH volume in patients (adjusted OR 1.07, 95% CI 1.004-1.15, p = 0.037). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we found a migraine-specific association between a reduced CVR to apnea and increased number of deep WMHs in healthy, nonelderly patients with migraine. A dysfunctional vascular response to apnea may predispose migraineurs to an increased risk of WMHs.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the association between the cerebrovascular reactivity to carbon dioxide (CO2-CVR) and the deep white matter hyperintensity (WMH) burden in patients with migraine. METHODS: A total of 86 nonelderly patients with episodic migraine without vascular risk factors and 35 headache-free controls underwent 3T MRI. Deep WMHs were quantified with a segmentation method developed for nonelderly migraineurs. The interictal CO2-CVR was measured with transcranial Doppler with the breath-holding method. The mean breath-holding index of the bilateral middle cerebral arteries (MCA-BHI) was square root transformed and analyzed with univariate and multivariate logistic regression models to determine its association with the highest tertiles of deep WMH burden (number and volume). RESULTS: A low MCA-BHI was independently associated with the highest tertile of deep WMH number in patients with migraine (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 0.02, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.0007-0.63, p = 0.026). In controls, the MCA-BHI was not associated with deep WMH number. Interaction analysis revealed that migraine modified the effect of MCA-BHI on deep WMH number (p for interaction = 0.029). The MCA-BHI was not associated with increased deep WMH volume in both patients and controls. Age was independently associated with deep WMH volume in patients (adjusted OR 1.07, 95% CI 1.004-1.15, p = 0.037). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we found a migraine-specific association between a reduced CVR to apnea and increased number of deep WMHs in healthy, nonelderly patients with migraine. A dysfunctional vascular response to apnea may predispose migraineurs to an increased risk of WMHs.
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