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Table 1 Prevalence of headaches in JME

From: Headache in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

 

JME

General population

p

RR

No. (%)

No. (%)

Total number

75

150

  

Gender (female = 1)

43 (57%)

86 (57%)

1

 

Age (mean ± SD)

33.4 ± 12.4 (n.a.)

32.6 ± 12.5 (n.a.)

0.66

 

Migraine

31 (41%)

14 (9%)

<0.001*

4.4

Migraine without aura

20 (27%)

11 (7%)

<0.001*

3.6

Migraine with aura

11 (15%)

3 (2%)

<0.001*

7.3

TTH

30 (40%)

29 (19%)

0.001*

3.4

Both, migraine and TTH

14 (19%)

n.a.

  

Episodic TTH

29 (39%)

n.a.

  

Chronic TTH

1 (1%)

n.a.

  

Chronic migraine

5 (7%)

n.a.

  

MOH

2 (3%)

n.a.

  

TAC

1 (1%)

n.a.

  
  1. The prevalence of headache in an age- and gender-matched general population was estimated from the literature [17, 18]. Statistics: Chi-square, Fisher’s exact test (in case of expected values < 5), * p < 0.05
  2. RR relative risk