Author:
SANTOS Vitorino Modesto dos,CUNHA Selma Freire de Carvalho da,TEIXEIRA Vicente de Paula Antunes,MONTEIRO Jaqueline Pontes,SANTOS Jenner Arruda Modesto dos,SANTOS Taciana Arruda Modesto dos,SANTOS Lister Arruda Modesto dos,CUNHA Daniel Ferreira da
Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare the frequency of headache between Chagasic and Non-chagasic women. The cross-sectional study comprised 647 female <FONT FACE="Symbol">³</font>40 years old, Chagasic (n = 362) and Controls (n = 285) at a Brazilian University Hospital. Chagasic were classified as Cardiac (n = 179), Megas (n = 58) or Indeterminate (n = 125) clinical forms. Headache was ascertained according to Headache International Society diagnostic criteria. The age (57.0 ± 11.3 versus 57.3 ± 10.4 years), and the percentage of white women (75.8% versus 77.1%) were similar between Chagasic and Controls, respectively. Headache was more prevalent among Chagasic (32.9%) than Controls (16.1%), mainly in Cardiac form (odds ratio, 2.41; 95% confidence interval, 1.38-4.23), phenomenon possibly related to parasympathetic denervation and cerebral vessels changes.
Subject
Infectious Diseases,General Medicine
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