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Table 2 Demographic data of triptan non-users and triptan users

From: Use and overuse of triptans in Austria – a survey based on nationwide healthcare claims data

 

Triptan non-users

n = 5,885,425

Triptan users

n = 33,062

Statistics

p-value

Age (years)

 Median

47

 

44

 

< 0.001#

 Lower quartile

34

 

35

  

 Upper quartile

63

 

52

  

Age group (years)

n

%

n

%

 

 18–35

1,619,098

27.5

8343

25.2

< 0.001§

 36–50

1,698,601

28.9

15,134

45.8

 

 51–65

1,284,461

21.8

7806

23.6

 

 66–99

1,283,265

21.8

1779

5.4

 

Sex

< 0.001§

 Female

3,160,117

53.7

27,254

82.4

 

 Male

2,725,308

46.3

5808

17.6

 
  1. #Mann-Whitney-U-Test, §Chi-Square Test