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Table 2 Prevalence ORa of any headache, migraine and non-migrainous headache related to status of confirmed non-demented or four different groups dementia

From: Headache as a predictor for dementia: The HUNT Study

  

Any headache

Migraine

Non-migrainous headache

Total number

16,443

6673

OR (95 % CI)

2003

OR (95 % CI)

4670

OR (95 % CI)

Unselected HUNT-population

15,601

6409

1.0 (Ref.)

1970

1.0 (Ref.)

4439

1.0 (Ref.)

Confirmed non-demented

96

25

0.62 (0.39–0.98)

11

0.89 (0.46–1.72)

14

0.50 (0.28–0.89)

Dementia, all types

746

239

1.24 (1.04–1.49)

22

0.44 (0.28–0.70)

217

1.49 (1.24–1.80)

 Alzheimer’s disease

381

112

1.07 (0.95–1.37)

11

0.40 (0.22–0–77)

101

1.29 (1.00–1.67)

 Vascular dementia

121

46

1.56 (1.06–2.36)

7

0.97 (0.43–2.16)

39

1.74 (1.16–2.61)

 Mixed dementia

69

25

1.70 (1.02–2.84)

3

0.79 (0.24–2.60)

22

1.99 (1.17–3.38)

 Other types of dementia

175

56

1.24 (0.89–1.74)

1

0.09 (0.01–0.62)

55

1.60 (1.14–2.25)

  1. aAdjusted for age, gender, level of education, severe comorbidity, smoking and total HADS score