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Table 2 The distribution of self-reported migraine, MA and MO by lifestyle and socioeconomic factors in women and men

From: Association between migraine, lifestyle and socioeconomic factors: a population-based cross-sectional study

 

Women

Men

Migraine n (%)

MA n (%)

MO n (%)

Healthy n (%)

Migraine n (%)

MA n (%)

MO n (%)

Healthy n (%)

School level

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

p = 0.351

p < 0.001

 Graduated 12th grade

1,901 (35.2)

774 (35.3)

1,127 (35.1)

4,570 (40.5)

603 (25.5)

225 (28.3)

378 (24.1)

3,577 (30.4)

 Graduated 9th grade

2,512 (46.5)

1,035 (47.3)

1,477 (45.9)

4,814 (42.7)

1,139 (48.1)

378 (47.5)

761 (48.5)

5,303 (45.1)

 Not Graduated 9th grade

992 (18.4)

381 (17.4)

611 (19.0)

1,891 (16.8)

624 (26.4)

193 (24.3)

431 (27.5)

2,875 (24.5)

Educational level

p < 0.001

p = 0.193

p < 0.001

p = 0.017

p = 0.334

p < 0.001

 Higher education >4 years

301 (6.0)

141 (6.9)

160 (5.3)

858 (8.2)

242 (11.1)

101 (13.8)

141 (9.8)

1,422 (13.1)

 Higher education ≤4 years

1,686 (33.4)

664 (32.6)

1,022 (34.0)

3,397 (32.5)

544 (25.0)

197 (26.9)

347 (24.1)

2,636 (24.4)

 Vocatinal education

2,089 (41.4)

846 (41.6)

1,243 (41.4)

4,175 (40.0)

1,094 (50.3)

337 (46.0)

757 (52.5)

5,171 (47.8)

 No education

965 (19.1)

384 (18.9)

581 (19.3)

2,009 (19.2)

293 (13.5)

97 (13.3)

196 (13.6)

1,585 (14.7)

Employment status

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

p = 0.015

p = 0.220

p = 0.062

 Employed

3,227 (68.3)

1,287 (66.6)

1,940 (69.6)

6,642 (67.1)

1,593 (72.2)

528 (70.9)

1,065 (72.9)

7,826 (71.3)

 Self-employed

215 (4.6)

79 (4.1)

136 (4.9)

415 (4.2)

276 (12.5)

94 (12.6)

182 (12.5)

1,438 (13.1)

 Homemaker

265 (5.6)

97 (5.0)

168 (6.0)

559 (5.7)

3 (0.1)

2 (0.3)

1 (0.1)

18 (0.2)

 Retired

447 (9.5)

213 (11.0)

234 (8.4)

787 (8.0)

174 (7.9)

64 (8.6)

110 (7.5)

727 (6.6)

 Student

421 (8.9)

182 (9.4)

239 (8.6)

1,250 (12.6)

123 (5.6)

44 (5.9)

79 (5.4)

811 (7.4)

 Unemployed

148 (3.1)

76 (3.9)

72 (2.6)

244 (2.5)

37 (1.7)

13 (1.7)

24 (1.6)

163 (1.5)

Physical work load

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

p = 0.180

p = 0.241

p = 0.014

 Mainly seated

1,247 (23.8)

504 (23.9)

743 (23.8)

3,033 (27.7)

634 (27.6)

236 (30.3)

398 (26.3)

3,396 (29.6)

 Seated/standing or walking

3,692 (70.6)

1,485 (70.4)

2,207 (70.7)

7,458 (68.1)

1,368 (59.6)

462 (59.4)

906 (59.8)

6,676 (58.1)

 Heavy physical work

291 (5.6)

120 (5.7)

171 (5.5)

460 (4.2)

292 (12.7)

80 (10.3)

212 (14.0)

1,416 (12.3)

Recreational physical activity

p = 0.001

p = 0.026

p = 0.011

p = 0.002

p = 0.013

p = 0.013

 No physical exercise

1,005 (19.1)

412 (19.3)

593 (18.9)

1,872 (16.9)

411 (17.5)

124 (15.7)

287 (18.4)

1,931 (16.5)

 Light physical exercise

3,476 (65.9)

1,393 (65.2)

2,083 (66.3)

7,396 (66.8)

1,394 (59.4)

489 (62.0)

905 (58.1)

6,660 (56.9)

 Heavy physical exercise

794 (15.1)

330 (15.5)

464 (14.8)

1,800 (16.3)

541 (23.1)

176 (22.3)

365 (23.4)

3,112 (26.6)

BMI

p < 0.001

p = 0.031

p < 0.001

P = 0.276

p = 0.793

p = 0.166

 Underweight

214 (4.1)

84 (3.9)

130 (4.1)

401 (3.6)

16 (0.7)

7 (0.9)

9 (0.6)

76 (0.7)

 Normal weight

3,440 (65.2)

1,408 (66.1)

2,032 (64.6)

7,559 (68.7)

1,181 (50.7)

401 (51.3)

780 (50.3)

5,871 (50.5)

 Overweight

1,161 (22.0)

456 (21.4)

705 (22.4)

2,278 (20.7)

911 (39.1)

306 (39.2)

605 (39.0)

4,695 (40.4)

 Obese class I–III

459 (8.7)

182 (8.5)

277 (8.8)

765 (7.0)

223 (9.6)

67 (8.6)

156 (10,1)

978 (8.4)

Smoking status

p < 0.001

p = 0.001

p = 0.011

p = 0.002

p = 0.046

p = 0.018

 Non-smoker

2,354 (43.2)

939 (42.5)

1,415 (43.7)

5,293 (46.6)

916 (38.4)

303 (37.9)

613 (38.7)

5,053 (42.4)

 Former smoker

1,185 (21.8)

482 (21.8)

703 (21.7)

2,402 (21.1)

577 (24.2)

197 (24.7)

380 (24.0)

2,734 (22.9)

 Current smoker

1,905 (35.0)

786 (35.6)

1,119 (34.6)

3,665 (32.3)

890 (37.3)

299 (37.4)

591 (37.3)

4,129 (34.7)

Alcohol consumption

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

p < 0.001

 Never/seldom

1,823 (33.0)

777 (34.7)

1,046 (31.8)

3,029 (26.4)

377 (15.6)

134 (16.4)

243 (15.1)

1,402 (11.7)

 Monthly

1,294 (23.4)

504 (22.5)

790 (24.0)

2,880 (25.1)

441 (18.2)

136 (16.7)

305 (19.0)

1,947 (16.2)

 Weekly

2,405 (43.6)

955 (42.7)

1,450 (44.1)

5,586 (48.6)

1,604 (66.2)

545 (66.9)

1,059 (65.9)

8,660 (72.1)

Marital status

p = 0.001

p = 0.091

p = 0.001

p = 0.955

p = 0.959

p = 0.915

 Single

1,515 (27.1)

631 (27.9)

884 (26.5)

3,457 (29.6)

697 (28.5)

235 (28.6)

462 (28.4)

3,468 (28.5)

 Marrieda

4,082 (72.9)

1,634 (72.1)

2,448 (73.5)

8,213 (70.4)

1,750 (71.5)

586 (71.4)

1,164 (71.6)

8,683 (71.5)

  1. aIncluding couples living together