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Table 3 The prevalence of headache disorders in patients (n = 550) during the year before stroke (excepting last week before stroke) and during the last year before interview in controls (excepting last week before interview) (n = 192) according to ICHD-3

From: Sentinel headache as a warning symptom of ischemic stroke

Type of headache

Males with stroke

(n = 298)

Male controls

(n = 69)

Р, OR (95% CI)

Females with stroke

(n = 252)

Female controls

(n = 123)

Р, OR (95% CI)

All patients with stroke (n = 550)

All controls (n = 192)

Р, ОR, 95% CI

Migraine without aura

9 (3.0%)

1 (1.4%)

0.8

37 (14.7%)

14 (11.4%)

0.5

46 (8.4%)

15 (7.8%)

0.8

Migraine with aura

3 (1.0%)

0

0.9

5 (2.0%)

1 (0.8%)

0.7

8 (1.5%)

1 (0.52%)

0.5

Chronic migraine

3 (1.0%)

0

0.9

16 (6.3%)

1 (0.8%)

0.03

8.3; 1.1–63.1

19 (3.5%)

1 (0.52%)

0.06

All migraine

15 (5.3%)

1 (1.4%)

0.3

58 (23.0%)

16 (13.0%)

0.03

2.0; 1.1–3.7

73 (13.3%)

17 (8.9%)

0.1

 Episodic TTH***

151 (50.7%)

48 (69.6%)

0.007

0.5; 0.3–0.8

173 (68.7%)

84 (68.3%)

0.9

324 (58.9%)

132 (68.7%)

0.02

0.7; 0.5–0.9

 Chronic TTH

8 (2.7%)

0 (0%)

0.4

12 (4.8%)

3 (2.4%)

0.4

20 (3.6%)

3 (1.6%)

0.2

 All TTH

159 (53.4%)

48 (69.6%)

0.02

0.5; 0.3–0.9

185 (73.4%)

87 (70.7%)

0.7

344 (62.5%)

135 (70.3%)

0.06

 Cluster headache

2 (0.7%)

0 (0%)

0.8

0 (0%)

1 (0.81%)

0.7

2 (0.4%)

1 (0.52%)

0.7

 Medication overuse headache

1 (0.3%)

0 (0%)

0.4

6 (2.4%)

0 (0%)

0.2

7 (1.3%)

0 (0%)

0.3

 No headache

132 (44.3%)

24 (34.7%)

0.2

48 (19.0%)

15 (12.2%)

0.1

180 (32.7%)

39 (20%)

0.002

1.9; 1.3–2,8