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Table 1 Results: lifetime prevalence of migraine and menstrual migraine

From: Self-reported menstrual migraine in the general population

 

Age (years)

30–34

35–39

40–44

All

n = 3,245 (%)

n = 3,410 (%)

n = 3,521 (%)

n = 10,176 (%)

Prevalence among all women

 All migraine

33.3 (31.4–34.6)

35.1 (33.6–36.8)

36.1 (34.5–37.7)

34.9 (34.0–35.8)

 Pure menstrual migraine

2.0 (1.6–2.6)

2.8 (2.3–3.3)

3.2 (2.8–3.8)

2.7 (2.4–3.0)

 Menstrually related migraine

4.5 (3.8–5.2)

4.7 (4.0–5.4)

4.7 (4.0–5.4)

4.6 (4.2–5.0)

 All menstrual migraine

6.6 (5.8–7.4)

7.5 (7.0–8.4)

7.8 (6.9–8.7)

7.3 (6.8–7.8)

Prevalence among migraineurs

 Pure menstrual migraine

6.3 (4.9–7.8)

8.0 (6.5–9.5)

8.7 (7.2–10.2)

7.7 (6.9–8.7)

 Menstrually related migraine

13.5 (11.5–15.5)

13.3 (11.3–15.3)

13.0 (11.0–15.0)

13.2 (12.1–14.3)

 All menstrual migraine

19.8 (17.4–22.2)

21.4 (19.1–23.7)

21.7 (19.4–24.0)

20.9 (19.7–22.4)

  1. The figure in parenthesis indicate 95% confidence interval