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Table 1 The gender and age distribution of headaches

From: Classification and clinical features of headache patients: an outpatient clinic study from China

Diagnosis

Age (mean ± SD)

Gender

Male N (%)

Female N (%)

Both N (%)

Primary headache

 Migraine

42.17 ± 13.14*

78 (19.5)

323 (80.5)

401 (23.8)

 TTH

44.78 ± 12.78

132 (33.1)

267 (66.9)

399 (23.7)

 Cluster headache

36.13 ± 9.6

7 (87.5)

1 (12.5)

8 (0.5)

 Other headache

43.91 ± 15.48

14 (40.0)

21 (60.0)

35 (2.1)

Secondary headache

51.39 ± 15.15

146 (32.2)

308 (67.8)

454 (27.0)

Headache NOS

46.02 ± 15.45

143 (37.0)

243 (63.0)

386 (22.9)

Total

46.17 ± 14.62

520 (30.9)

1,163 (69.1)

1,683 (100)

  1. * Age difference between migraine and TTH, p < 0.05