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Table 3 One-year prevalences (unadjusted) of specific headache types in the main sample (n = 8,271)

From: The impact of headache in Europe: principal results of the Eurolight project

Diagnosis

Prevalence (% [95% CI])

Overall

Male

Female

Any headache

79.6 [78.7-80.5]

71.1 [69.6-72.6]

86.0 [85.0-87.0]

All migraine

36.6 [35.6-37.6]

26.9 [25.4-28.4]

43.6 [42.2-45.0]

 Definite migraine

22.2 [21.3-23.1]

14.8 [13.6-16.0]

27.7 [26.4-29.0]

 Probable migraine

14.3 [13.6-15.1]

12.1 [11.0-13.2]

15.9 [14.9-16.9]

All TTH

37.6 [36.6-38.6]

40.7 [39.1-42.3]

35.7 [34.3-37.1]

 Definite TTH

30.8 [29.8-31.8]

33.8 [32.2-35.4]

28.9 [27.6-30.2]

 Probable TTH

6.8 [6.3-7.3]

6.9 [6.1-7.7]

6.8 [6.1-7.5]

Headache on ≥15 d/mo

7.6 [7.0-8.2]

4.9 [4.2-5.6]

9.5 [8.7-10.3]

 Probable MOH

3.3 [2.9-3.7]

1.8 [1.4-2.2]

4.3 [3.7-4.9]

  1. CI: confidence interval; TTH: tension-type headache; MOH: medication-overuse headache.