Table 2 Relationships between drinking frequency and headache type according to alcohol flushing
Never flushers | Current or past flushers | |||||||||||
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N | Frequency of alcohol drinking | P for homogeneity/trenda | Frequency of alcohol drinking | P for homogeneity/trenda | ||||||||
Habitual (%) | Occasional (%) | None (%) | Versus other headaches | Versus tension-type headache | N | Habitual (%) | Occasional (%) | None (%) | Versus other headaches | Versus tension-type headache | ||
Men | ||||||||||||
Migraine | 36 | 66.7 | 25.0 | 8.3 | 0.167/0.071 | 0.433/0.227 | 39 | 15.4 | 23.1 | 61.5 | 0.001/<0.001 | 0.011/0.003 |
Tension-type headache | 118 | 75.4 | 21.2 | 3.4 | 0.114/0.296 | – | 131 | 37.4 | 22.1 | 40.5 | 0.285/0.113 | – |
Other headaches | 372 | 82.5 | 12.9 | 4.6 | – | – | 322 | 45.0 | 22.4 | 32.6 | – | – |
Women | ||||||||||||
Migraine | 186 | 36.0 | 42.5 | 21.5 | 0.037/0.044 | 0.485/0.233 | 158 | 12.7 | 30.4 | 57.0 | 0.191/0.072 | 0.348/0.273 |
Tension-type headache | 214 | 42.5 | 40.7 | 16.8 | 0.320/0.782 | – | 150 | 19.3 | 28.7 | 52.0 | 0.441/0.724 | – |
Other headaches | 477 | 45.1 | 35.4 | 19.5 | – | – | 374 | 17.6 | 35.6 | 46.8 | – | – |
Both sexes | ||||||||||||
Migraine | 222 | 41.0 | 39.6 | 19.4 | 0.009/0.012 | 0.295/0.119 | 197 | 13.2 | 28.9 | 57.9 | 0.002/<0.001 | 0.015/0.008 |
Tension-type headache | 332 | 54.2 | 33.7 | 12.0 | 0.065/0.463 | – | 281 | 27.8 | 25.6 | 46.6 | 0.266/0.160 | – |
Other headaches | 849 | 61.5 | 25.6 | 13.0 | – | – | 696 | 30.3 | 29.5 | 40.2 | – | – |