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Table 2 Risk factors in various degrees of HAH

From: Risk factors for high-altitude headache upon acute high-altitude exposure at 3700 m in young Chinese men: a cohort study

Headache Cases(n)

HAH-(212)

HAH+(581)

HAH intensities

p(HAH+ vs. HAH-)

   

1(487)

2(88)

3(6)

 

Demographic factors

      

Age

22.49±3.42

23.23±4.18

23.17±4.12

23.51±4.20

24.64±3.67

0.011

BMI

21.71±2.52

21.92±2.84

21.91±2.91

21.86±2.50

23.34±2.47

0.351

Smoking

     

0.740

0

43(20.3)

161(27.7)

139(28.5)

22(25.0)

0(0)

 

1

133(62.7)

287(49.4)

240(49.3)

43(48.9)

4(66.7)

 

2

36(17.0)

133(22.9)

108(22.2)

23(26.1)

2(33.3)

 

Alcohol consumption

     

0.748

0

72(34.0)

215(37.0)

182(37.4)

32(36.4)

1(16.7)

 

1

16(7.5)

26(4.5)

23(4.7)

3(3.4)

0(0)

 

2

124(58.5)

340(58.5)

282(57.9)

53(60.2)

5(83.3)

 

History

      

Primary headache(yes)

12(5.7)

124(21.3)

86(17.7)

34(38.6)

4(66.7)

<0.001

High altitude exposure (yes)

64(30.2)

156(26.9)

127(26.1)

24(27.3)

5(83.3)

0.353

Athletic training(yes)

23(10.8)

72(12.4)

56(11.5)

16(18.2)

0(0)

0.554

PLI

     

0.044

1

45(21.2)

156(26.8)

132(27.1)

23(26.1)

1(16.7)

 

2

103(48.6)

284(48.9)

232(47.6)

49(55.7)

3(50.0)

 

3

64(30.2)

141(24.3)

123(25.3)

16(18.2)

2(33.3)

 

At 3700 m

      

Psychological scale

      

SAS

22(4)

24(6)

24(5)

27(10)

28.5(8.75)

<0.001

Physiological factors

      

SBP

118.50±11.04

119.23±12.55

119.04±12.53

120.47±12.88

115.83±8.47

0.458

DBP

78.57±10.03

79.02±10.26

78.92±10.22

79.72±10.60

76.33±8.96

0.582

ΔBPBP

39.93±7.13

40.21±8.38

40.12±8.29

40.75±9.06

39.50±5.17

0.672

MAP

91.88±9.82

92.42±10.35

92.30±10.33

93.30±10.58

89.50±8.46

0.508

SaO2

89.41±2.74

88.54±3.27

88.67±3.24

87.82±3.38

87.83±3.06

0.001

HR

82.49±11.69

85.66±12.76

85.13±12.39

88.22±13.76

90.50±22.23

0.002

Sleep

      

Insomnia(yes)

95(44.8)

393(67.6)

312(64.1)

76(86.4)

5(83.3)

<0.001

ESS

11(4.5)

12(5)

12(5)

14(5)

12(7.25)

<0.001

  1. Independent T tests were used to compare two means of SBP, DBP,ΔBP, MAP, SaO2, and HR between HAH+ and HAH- groups at 3700 m. The Mann–Whitney U-test was applied to evaluate differences between ordinal or non-normally distributed data (PLI, smoking, alcohol consumption, SAS and ESS).