title: Activity levels among adolescents with migraine.
abstract: Data was analyzed from the nationally representative Canadian Community Health Survey. A total of 17,549 adolescents reported whether they had "migraine headaches" (response rate 99.9%) and in what exercise activities they participated. Those with migraine reported more daily activity than migraine-free peers when corrected for age and sex. They were as likely to play contact sports but were more involved in other noncompetitive activities, such as walking (P<0.001), gardening and yard work (P=0.008), jogging and running (P=0.002), and fishing (P=0.03). Canadian adolescents with migraine are therefore overall more active than their peers without migraine.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Neurology Division, Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. jdooley@dal.ca
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dooley
authors.forename: Kevin E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Ellen P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Paula M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Brna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011998:Recreation; D012309:Risk-Taking