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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2024

New evidence that vitamin D prevents headache: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis.

Haibing Xiong, Ran Jiang, Lingzhi Xing, Jiaojiao Zheng, Xinhong Tian, Jiajie Leng, Xin Guo, Shi Zeng, Haofeng Xiong, Jianhong Huo and 1 more

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Haibing XiongBanan Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Ran JiangThe First College of Clinical Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Lingzhi XingFaculty of Pediatrics, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Jiaojiao ZhengThe Second College of Clinical Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Xinhong TianThe First College of Clinical Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Jiajie LengThe First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Xin GuoBanan Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Shi ZengBanan Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Haofeng XiongBanan Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Jianhong HuoBanan Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Letai LiThe First College of Clinical Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.

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Abstract

Background: Previous observational clinical studies and meta-analyses have yielded inconsistent results regarding the relationship between vitamin D and headache, and the causal relationship remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the causal relationship between vitamin D and headache by bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis. Methods: The relationship between high levels of vitamin D and headache was investigated by two-sample MR analysis using publicly available genome-wide association study (GWAS) data. The primary method was inverse variance weighting (IVW), and secondary methods were weighted median and MR-Egger methods. No heterogeneity or horizontal multidirectionality was found in the MR results. The robustness and validity of the findings were assessed using the leave-behind method. Results: A significant causal relationship was found between high vitamin D levels and headache using the IVW method (OR = 0.848; Conclusion: Our study suggests that high levels of vitamin D prevent the risk of headache. However, there is no evidence of a causal relationship between headache and high levels of vitamin D. Vitamin D may reduce the risk of headache.

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headacheMendelian randomisation studypreventionsingle nucleic acid polymorphismvitamin D

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