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Table 3 Means (SDs within parenthesis) for weekly total headache activity (headache sum), number of headache days, intensity and duration for the 3-week diary recording period by student sex, grade, school location and assessment point

From: Headache prevalence and characteristics among school children as assessed by prospective paper diary recordings

 

Headache sum

Headache days

Intensityb

Durationb,c

(0–140)

(0–7)

(1–5)

(1–4)

All

8.5 (10.1)

2.5 (2.1)

1.7 (0.7)

1.6 (0.6)

Sex

 Boys

6.8 (8.7)

2.0 (1.9)

1.7 (0.7)

1.6 (0.7)

 Girls

10.3 (11.2)

3.0 (2.1)

1.8 (0.7)

1.6 (0.6)

Grades

 6

6.9 (7.8)

2.2 (1.9)

1.7 (0.6)

1.5 (0.6)

 7

9.9 (12.2)

2.5 (2.2)

1.9 (0.8)

1.7 (0.6)

 8

7.4 (9.0)

2.4 (2.2)

1.8 (0.8)

1.6 (0.7)

 9

9.1 (11.8)

2.6 (2.0)

1.6 (0.5)

1.7 (0.7)

 11a

9.5 (7.5)

3.2 (1.8)

1.6 (0.4)

1.7 (0.5)

School location

 City

8.8 (9.8)

2.8 (2.1)

1.6 (0.5)

1.6 (0.6)

 Town

8.0 (10.6)

2.0 (1.9)

1.9 (0.8)

1.7 (0.7)

Time point

 Week one

8.7 (12.2)

2.6 (2.4)

1.6 (0.6)

1.6 (0.7)

 Week two

8.2 (11.6)

2.4 (2.3)

1.7 (0.7)

1.6 (0.8)

 Week three

8.4 (12.2)

2.4 (2.4)

1.7 (0.8)

1.7 (0.8)

  1. aSecond grade in high school
  2. bIntensity and duration scores calculated for headache episodes
  3. cUnit length 5 h