Research Article

Cognitive Decline in Chronic Migraine with Nonsteroid Anti-inflammation Drug Overuse: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 6

Risk factor analysis of cognitive decline after adjustment.

NCognitive declineAdjusted OR (95% CI)

ACE-R
Control (reference)4031.00
CM-MOH2188.52 (1.83–39.81)0.006
CMwoMOH2077.14 (1.50–34.04)0.014
MO3562.72 (0.60–12.28)0.194
MO (reference)3561.00
CMwoMOH2072.63 (0.68–10.14)0.161
CMwoMOH (reference)2071.00
CM-MOH2181.19 (0.31–4.67)0.799

Memory
Control (reference)4051.00
CM-MOH21106.92 (1.86–25.71)0.004
CMwoMOH2063.05 (0.77–12.00)0.112
MO3571.80 (0.50–6.41)0.370
MO (reference)3571.00
CMwoMOH2061.70 (0.46–6.23)0.427
CMwoMOH (reference)2061.00
CM-MOH21102.27 (0.60–8.57)0.226

Language fluency
Control (reference)4031.00
CM-MOH2187.67 (1.74–33.88)0.007
CMwoMOH2088.24 (1.85–36.67)0.006
MO3594.39 (1.07–17.96)0.040
MO (reference)3591.00
CMwoMOH2081.88 (0.57–6.19)0.301
CMwoMOH (reference)2081.00
CM-MOH2180.93 (0.26–3.33)0.912

Language
Control (reference)4081.00
CM-MOH2151.25 (0.34–4.64)0.742
CMwoMOH2061.72 (0.48–6.20)0.405
MO35142.91 (1.00–8.51)0.051
MO (reference)35141.00
CMwoMOH2060.59 (0.17–2.03)0.592
CMwoMOH (reference)2061.00
CM-MOH2150.72 (0.17–3.05)0.660

Visuospace
Control (reference)4061.00
CM-MOH2183.94 (1.04–14.99)0.044
CMwoMOH2051.86 (0.45–7.75)0.393
MO3561.21 (0.33–4.41)0.776
MO (reference)3561.00
CMwoMOH2051.54 (0.37–6.49)0.554
CMwoMOH (reference)2051.00
CM-MOH2182.12 (0.49–9.10)0.314

TMT A
Control (reference)4041.00
CM-MOH2183.25 (0.64–16.54)0.156
CMwoMOH2051.63 (0.31–8.61)0.564
MO3562.18 (0.52–9.11)0.287
MO (reference)3561.00
CMwoMOH2050.99 (0.22–4.50)0.987
CMwoMOH (reference)2051.00
CM-MOH2181.83 (0.36–9.22)0.466

TMT B
Control (reference)4011.00
CM-MOH211150.80 (5.35–482.31)0.001
CMwoMOH20511.30 (1.14–111.95)0.038
MO3568.82 (0.97–79.82)0.053
MO (reference)3561.00
CMwoMOH2051.28 (0.30–5.51)0.739
CMwoMOH (reference)2051.00
CM-MOH21114.50 (0.98–20.54)0.052

DST
Control (reference)4051.00
CM-MOH2172.83 (0.67–11.91)0.157
CMwoMOH2084.25 (1.06–17.09)0.041
MO3530.65 (0.14–3.04)0.580
MO (reference)3531.00
CMwoMOH2086.59 (1.35–32.08)0.020
CMwoMOH (reference)2081.00
CM-MOH2170.67 (0.16–2.84)0.582

All the data were adjusted by age and education. The low 20% performance of each cognitive evaluation was defined as cognitive decline. (0.05/3) was considered as significant difference; CM, chronic migraine; CM-MOH, chronic migraine with medication overuse headache; CMwoMOH, chronic migraine without medication overuse headache; MO, migraine without aura; N, number of cases; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ACE-R, Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination Test; TMT, Trail Making Test; DST, Digit Symbol Test.