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Table 1 Socio-demographic and reproductive characteristics of the study population according to types of migraine in Lima, Peru (N = 2922)

From: Migraine and the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder among a cohort of pregnant women

Characteristics

All participants

(N = 2922)

No migraine

(N = 1943)

Probable migraine

(N = 613)

Migraine

(N = 366)

P-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age (years) a

28.12 ± 6.31

28.30 ± 6.31

27.76 ± 6.30

27.76 ± 6.27

0.093

Age (years)

         

 18–19

154

5.3

102

5.2

33

5.4

19

5.2

0.549

 20–29

1642

56.2

1068

55.0

359

58.6

215

58.7

 30–34

602

20.6

411

21.2

115

18.8

76

20.8

 ≥ 35

524

17.9

362

18.6

106

17.3

56

15.3

Education (years)

         

 ≤ 6

123

4.2

77

4.0

27

4.4

19

5.2

0.142

 7–12

1599

54.8

1058

54.5

356

58.4

185

50.7

 > 12

1194

40.9

806

41.5

227

37.2

161

44.1

Pre-pregnancy self-reported BMI

        

 < 18.5

30

1.2

18

1.1

9

1.7

3

1.0

0.777

 18.5–24.9

1298

53.3

865

54.1

270

51.8

163

51.9

 

 25–29.9

851

34.9

545

34.1

189

36.3

117

37.3

 

 > 30

256

10.5

172

10.8

53

10.2

31

9.9

 

Early pregnancy measured BMI

         

 < 18.5

54

1.9

26

1.4

23

3.8

5

1.4

0.001

 18.5–24.9

1405

48.6

935

48.6

278

45.9

192

53.0

 

 25–29.9

1073

37.1

707

36.7

240

39.6

126

34.8

 

 > 30

361

12.5

257

13.4

65

10.7

39

10.8

 

Mestizo ethnicity

2194

75.2

1454

74.9

491

80.1

249

68.2

<0.001

Married/living with a partner

2360

81.1

1566

80.9

498

81.6

296

81.1

0.927

Employed

1351

46.3

953

49.1

244

39.8

154

42.1

<0.001

Difficulty paying for basics

         

 Hard

1449

49.6

905

46.6

340

55.5

204

55.7

<0.001

 Not very hard

1471

50.4

1036

53.4

273

44.5

162

44.3

Difficulty paying for medical care

        

 Hard

1532

52.6

937

48.4

372

60.7

223

61.1

<0.001

 Not very hard

1382

47.4

999

51.6

241

39.3

142

38.9

 

Nulliparous

1425

48.9

971

50.2

289

47.2

165

45.1

0.129

Planned pregnancy

1206

41.6

823

42.6

252

41.4

131

36.1

0.067

Gestational age at interview a

9.23 ± 3.46

9.28 ± 3.49

9.14 ± 3.40

9.11 ± 3.42

0.545

Intimate partner violence b

1064

36.5

648

33.4

243

39.8

173

47.7

<0.001

Childhood abuse

         

 No abuse

827

28.3

590

30.4

161

26.3

76

20.8

<0.001

 Physical only

1135

38.8

761

39.2

237

38.7

137

37.4

 Sexual only

230

7.9

155

8.0

41

6.7

34

9.3

 Both physical and sexual

730

25.0

437

22.5

174

28.4

119

32.5

PTSD (PCL-C ≥26)

1093

37.4

585

30.1

276

45.0

232

63.4

<0.001

Depression (PHQ-9)

799

27.6

435

22.6

193

31.7

171

47.2

<0.001

  1. Due to missing data, percentages may not add up to 100%
  2. a mean ± SD (standard deviation): How many weeks pregnant were you during your first prenatal care visit?
  3. b Lifetime intimate partner violence
  4. For continuous variables, P-value was calculated using the one-way ANOVA; for categorical variables, P-value was calculated using the Chi-square test
  5. P-values that are italicized are all <0.05