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Table 6 Proportions of those with headache reporting headache yesterday, overall and by age, gender and headache type, and predicted proportions, overall and by headache type

From: The prevalence of headache disorders in children and adolescents in Ethiopia: a 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 = 1725)a

630 (36.5)

1.5 ± 1.6

2.6 ± 3.2

21.4

9.3

 male (n = 821)

253 (30.8)

not calculated

 female (n = 904)

377 (41.7)

 6–11 years (n = 692)

248 (35.8)

 12–17 years (n = 1033)

382 (37.0)

Migraine (n = 899)a

366 (40.7)

1.6 ± 1.6

2.8 ± 2.9

22.9

10.0

Tension-type headache (n = 477)

157 (32.9)

1.2 ± 1.4

2.0 ± 2.3

17.1

7.1

All headache on ≥15 days/month (n = 29)

19 (65.5)

4.5 ± 2.3

16.1 ± 2.6

64.3

57.5

Undifferentiated headache (n = 320)

86 (26.9)

1.0 ± 1.3

1.8 ± 2.3

14.3

6.4

  1. aone participant did not respond to this question