From: Interictal burden attributable to episodic headache: findings from the Eurolight project
Headache type | Gender | N | Interictal anxiety | Interictal avoidance | Not free of all symptoms | Mean time in interictal state |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) [95 % CI] | n (%) [95 % CI] | n (%) [95 % CI] | days/year (mean ± SE) | |||
All | Female | 4011 | 344 (8.6) [7.7–9.5] | 441 (11.0) [10.0–12.0] | 902 (22.5) [21.2–23.8] | 316 ± 1 |
Male | 2444 | 157 (6.4) [5.4–7.4] | 227 (9.3) [8.1–10.5] | 575 (23.5) [21.8–25.2] | ||
All | 6455 | 501 (7.8) [7.1–8.5] | 668 (10.3) [9.6–11.0] | 1478 (22.9) [21.9–23.9] | ||
Migraine | Female | 2042 | 224 (11.0) [9.6–12.4] | 302 (14.8) [13.3–16.3] | 522 (25.6) [23.7–27.5] | 317 ± 1 |
Male | 917 | 91 (9.9) [8.0–11.8] | 135 (14.7) [12.4–17.0] | 248 (27.0) [24.1–29.9] | ||
All | 2959 | 315 (10.6) [9.5–11.7] | 437 (14.8) [13.5–16.1] | 770 (26.0) [24.4–27.6] | ||
Tension–type headache | Female | 1657 | 51 (3.1) [2.3–3.9] | 70 (4.2) [3.2–5.2] | 283 (17.1) [15.3–18.9] | 331 ± 1 |
Male | 1376 | 42 (3.1) [2.2–4.0] | 72 (5.2) [4.0–6.4] | 289 (21.0) [18.8–23.2] | ||
All | 3033 | 93 (3.1) [2.5–3.7] | 142 (4.7) [3.9–5.5] | 572 (18.9) [17.5–20.3] | ||
Probable medication–overuse headache | Female | 188 | 53 (28.2) [21.8–34.6] | 58 (30.9) [24.3–37.5] | 76 (40.4) [33.4–47.4] | 120 ± 4 |
Male | 61 | 19 (31.1) [19.5–42.7] | 15 (24.6) [13.8–35.4] | 25 (41.0) [28.7–53.3] | ||
All | 249 | 72 (28.9) [23.3–34.5] | 73 (29.3) [23.6–35.0] | 101 (40.6) [34.5–46.7] |