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Table 4 Comparison of migraine risk among physician specialties by unconditional logistic regression analysis

From: Higher migraine risk in healthcare professionals than in general population: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Taiwan

Physician specialists

Number (%)

Crude OR (95 % CI)

AOR (95 % CI)a

Internal medicine (n = 6110)

79 (1.29)

0.914 (0.706–1.183)

0.973 (0.744–1.271)

Surgery (n = 4095)

46 (1.12)

0.793 (0.576–1.090)

0.965 (0.692–1.345)

Obs/Gyn (n = 1978)

15 (0.76)

0.533 (0.316–0.901)*

0.550 (0.323–0.937)*

Pediatrics (n = 2774)

46 (1.66)

1.177 (0.855–1.620)

1.051 (0.756–1.461)

Emergency medicine (n = 479)

5 (1.04)

0.736 (0.302–1.794)

0.681 (0.277–1.672)

Family medicine (n = 2568)

53 (2.06)

1.470 (1.087–1.989)*

1.329 (0.973–1.814)

Other specialties (n = 15,995)

226 (1.41)

1.00

1.00

  1. AOR adjusted odds ratio, Obs/Gyn obstetrics and gynecology. Adjusted for age, gender, stroke, hypertension, epilepsy, anxiety, depression, and insomnia
  2. *P < 0.05