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Table 4 Percentage of students with no headache, mild, moderate and severe headaches as the highest intensity score recorded across the 3-week diary period by sex, grade, and school location

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

 

No headache

Mildb

Moderatec

Severed

(n = 61)

(n = 93)

(n = 94)

(n = 171)

All

14.5

22.5

22.3

40.7

Sex

 Boys

19.7

25.0

19.7

35.6

 Girls

9.3

20.0

24.9

45.9

Grades

 6

15.3

21.6

21.6

41.4

 7

13.9

20.8

18.1

47.2

 8

17.9

24.4

26.9

30.8

 9

14.5

27.3

18.2

40.0

 11a

8.3

10.4

33.3

47.9

School location

 City

12.1

23.0

25.4

39.5

 Town

18.1

21.1

18.1

42.7

  1. aSecond grade in high school
  2. bRaw intensity score of 1–2
  3. cRaw intensity score of 3
  4. dRaw intensity score of 4–5