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Table 5 Proportions of those with headache reporting headache yesterday, overall and by age, gender and headache type, and predicted proportions, overall and by headache type (N = 2614)

From: The prevalence of headache disorders in children and adolescents in Mongolia: a nationwide schools-based study

Headache type

Headache yesterday

Reported proportion

n (%)

Predicted proportion

Mean reported headache frequency

Predicted headache yesterday

(%)

days in last week (F7)

days in last 4 weeks (F28)

calculated as F7/7

calculated as F28/28

Any headache (N = 2614)*

679 (26.0)

1.5 ± 1.6

4.1 ± 5.1

21.4

14.6

 male (n = 1179)

 female (n = 1435)

244 (20.7)

435 (30.3)

not calculated

 6–11 years (n = 980)

 12–17 years (n = 1634)

238 (24.3)

441 (27.0)

Migraine (n = 1192)*

320 (26.8)

1.5 ± 1.5

3.5 ± 3.2

21.4

12.5

Tension-type headache (n = 719)

145 (20.2)

1.1 ± 1.4

2.9 ± 3.0

15.7

10.4

Probable medication-overuse headache (n = 30)

21 (70.0)

5.0 ± 1.8

20.3 ± 4.3

71.4

72.5

Other headache on ≥15 days/month (n = 157)

111 (70.7)

3.9 ± 1.8

18.5 ± 4.3

55.7

66.1

Undifferentiated headache (n = 290)

39 (13.4)

0.6 ± 1.0

1.7 ± 2.2

8.6

6.1

  1. *three participants did not respond to this question