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Table 1 Overview of demographic characteristics of the study population according to headache type

From: Characteristics and comorbidities of headache in patients over 50 years of age: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Episodic migraine (n = 198)

Tension type headache (n = 120)

Hemicranias continua or cluster headache (n = 39)

chronic migraine (n = 61)

HTN-induced headache (n = 42)

Cervicogenic headache (n = 47)

Medication overuse headache (n = 63)

P-value #

Age, year

55.53 * # ¥ ‡

5.21

59.08 *

8.31

60.90 # €

12.87

58.88

8.16

60.34¥

7.97

59.38 ‡

10.47

55.89 €

5.36

 < 0.001

Body mass index, kg/m2

25.94 *

3.98

27.51 *

4.19

26.24

3.81

26.71

4.57

27.98

4.29

27.61

3.71

27.03

4.56

0.019

Male Sex

8

4.0%

18

15.0%

13

33.3%

3

4.9%

5

11.9%

3

6.4%

9

14.3%

 < 0.001

Education

 < 10 years

50

25.3%

51

42.5%

18

46.2%

28

45.9%

13

31.0%

21

44.7%

10

15.9%

0.001

10–12 years

56

28.3%

35

29.2%

10

25.6%

13

21.3%

11

26.2%

11

23.4%

21

33.3%

12–14 years

19

9.6%

9

7.5%

4

10.3%

6

9.8%

8

19.0%

9

19.1%

4

6.3%

14–16 years

47

23.7%

16

13.3%

4

10.3%

9

14.8%

7

16.7%

5

10.6%

18

28.6%

 > 16 years

26

13.1%

9

7.5%

3

7.7%

5

8.2%

3

7.1%

1

2.1%

10

15.9%

Job

Employee

43

21.7%

15

12.5%

9

23.1%

9

14.8%

10

23.8%

6

12.8%

15

23.8%

0.002

Self-employed

15

7.6%

26

21.7%

7

17.9%

7

11.5%

10

23.8%

5

10.6%

4

6.3%

retired

40

20.2%

30

25.0%

11

28.2%

12

19.7%

12

28.6%

7

14.9%

17

27.0%

Un-employed/ housewife

100

50.5%

49

40.8%

12

30.8%

33

54.1%

10

23.8%

29

61.7%

27

42.9%

Marital status

Single

5

2.5%

5

4.2%

1

2.6%

1

1.6%

0

0.0%

4

8.5%

1

1.6%

0.237

Married

175

88.4%

98

81.7%

36

92.3%

52

85.2%

39

92.9%

37

78.7%

61

96.8%

Divorced

12

6.1%

11

9.2%

0

0.0%

5

8.2%

3

7.1%

4

8.5%

1

1.6%

Other

6

3.0%

6

5.0%

2

5.1%

3

4.9%

0

0.0%

2

4.3%

0

0.0%

Smoking

15

7.6%

19

15.8%

7

17.9%

7

11.5%

4

9.5%

4

8.5%

8

12.7%

0.491

Opium use

2

1.0%

5

4.2%

3

7.7%

2

3.3%

0

0.0%

2

4.3%

3

4.8%

0.204

  1. Data are presented as mean and standard deviation or number and percentage as appropriate
  2. #Results derived from chi-square test or one-way ANOVA
  3. * # ¥ ‡ Matching symbols indicate significant between-group differences