Case-control study, 2010
Are women with menstrual migraines more likely to be morning or evening people?
No. This study found no difference in whether women with menstrual migraines or healthy women prefer mornings or evenings.
What they did
Recruited 93 women with pure menstrual migraine or menstrually-related migraine and 85 age-matched healthy women. Asked them about their morning versus evening preference using a questionnaire.
What they found
No differences were found in chronotype distribution between menstrual migraine patients and healthy controls. The study did not confirm previously reported preferences for morning or evening types in migraineurs.
What it means for you
Even though migraines have a daily rhythm and menstrual migraines follow a cycle, being a morning or evening person does not seem related to menstrual migraines. Earlier research suggesting morning or evening preference in migraineurs was not confirmed by this study.
93
women with menstrual migraine
85
healthy control women
About the study
- Original title
- Chronotypes in menstrual migraine: a case-control study
- Authors
- Cevoli S, Nicodemo M, Grimaldi D et al.
- Journal
- Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
- Year
- 2010
- Study design
- Case-control study
- What was tested
- None
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1007/s10072-010-0315-4
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