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Differences of Cluster Headache on the Basis of Sex in the Korean Cluster Headache Registry

Authors
 Pil-Wook Chung  ;  Mi Ji Lee  ;  Jeong-Wook Park  ;  Jong-Hee Sohn  ;  Byung-Kun Kim  ;  Min Kyung Chu  ;  Jae Myun Chung  ;  Jin-Young Ahn  ;  Yun-Ju Choi  ;  Soo-Kyoung Kim  ;  Dae-Woong Bae  ;  Daeyoung Kim  ;  Heui-Soo Moon  ;  Chin-Sang Chung  ;  Soo-Jin Cho 
Citation
 HEADACHE, Vol.59(10) : 1722-1730, 2019-11 
Journal Title
HEADACHE
ISSN
 0017-8748 
Issue Date
2019-11
Keywords
autonomic symptom ; clinical feature ; cluster headache ; female ; sex difference ; women
Abstract
Background: Most of the clinical characteristics of cluster headache (CH) have been established through the observation of men with CH. Epidemiological data of CH in women are scarce especially in the Asian population. Here, we sought to assess the prevalence and clinical characteristics of women with CH in comparison to men in a prospective CH registry.

Methods: Data used in this study were obtained from the Korean Cluster Headache Registry, a prospective, cross-sectional, multicenter headache registry that collected data from consecutive patients diagnosed with CH. Demographics and clinical characteristics were compared between the sexes.

Results: In total, 250 patients were enrolled in this study; 41 (16.4%) were women (male to female ratio 5.1:1). Mean age of onset did not differ between women and men (30.7 ± 15.5 vs 29.0 ± 11.1 years). The clinical features of CH in women and men were similar, with no differences in pain severity, duration, and attack frequency. Among autonomic features, facial and forehead sweating was significantly rare in women (4.9%) compared to men with CH (33.0%). Headache-related disability assessed by Headache Impact Test-6 did not differ between the sexes; however, depression scale assessed by Patients Health Questionnaire-9 (11.0 ± 8.5 vs 7.0 ± 5.8, P = .009) and stress (Perceived Stress Scale 4, 7.5 ± 3.4 vs 6.4 ± 3.0, P = .045) were significantly higher in women with CH.

Conclusions: Although decreasing male preponderance was suggested in recent Western CH studies, CH in women is still far less prevalent than in men in the Korean population. Clinical and demographic characteristics were similar between the sexes. However, psychiatric comorbidities might be highly associated in women with CH.
Full Text
https://headachejournal.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/head.13637
DOI
10.1111/head.13637
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Neurology (신경과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Chu, Min Kyung(주민경) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6221-1346
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/175829
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