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Table 1 Demographics of the study population

From: The economic and personal burden of cluster headache: a controlled cross-sectional study

 

Episodic cluster headache (N = 253)

Chronic cluster headache (N = 146)

Controls

(N = 200)

Age, years

46.5 (11.2)

45.8 (12.2)

44.7 (13.1)

Sex ratio (Male:Female)

2.56:1

1.43:1

1.99:1

Marital status (N, %)

 Single/unmarried

30 (12%)

14 (10%)

9 (5%)

 Married

172 (68%)

102 (70%)

149 (75%)

 Divorced/widow(er)

51 (20%)

20 (21%)

21 (21%)

Highest achieved education (N, %)

 Student

10 (4%)

7 (5%)

20 (10%)

 Primary/secondary

19 (8%)

24 (16%)

8 (4%)

 Technical

47 (19%)

21 (14%)

12 (6%)

 Trainee

24 (10%)

21 (14%)

11 (6%)

 Associate degree

37 (15%)

16 (11%)

15 (8%)

 Bachelor degree

53 (21%)

35 (24%)

47 (24%)

 Master degree or higher

50 (20%)

14 (10%)

85 (43%)

 Other degree

13 (5%)

8 (6%)

2 (1%)

Current occupation (N, %)

 Student

10 (4%)

7 (5%)

20 (10%)

 Employed (full/part time, self-employed)

162 (63%)

48 (33%)

157 (79%)

 Unemployed

18 (7%)

19 (13%)

9 (5%)

 Sick leave

13 (5%)

24 (16%)

1 (1%)

 Disability pension (full/part time)

34 (13%)

42 (29%)

3 (2%)

 Retired

16 (6%)

6 (4%)

10 (5%)

Household taxable income pr year (N, %)

  < 66,667 €

113 (45%)

77 (53%)

61 (31%)

 66,667–133,333 €

104 (41%)

39 (27%)

76 (38%)

  > 133,333 €

14 (6%)

10 (7%)

45 (23%)

 Do not wish to share income

22 (9%)

20 (14%)

18 (9%)

  1. Data presented for 400 patients and 200 controls as means (SD) for numerical variables and as number (percentages) for categorical variables