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Table 3 Demographics and headache characteristics of patients with cardiac cephalalgia from our review (n = 88)

From: Cardiac cephalalgia: a narrative review and ICHD-3 criteria evaluation

 

n (%)

Sex

Male 52 (59.1%)

Female 36 (40.9%)

Cardiovascular risk factors

Yes 71 (80.7%)

No 9 (10.2%)

NS 8 (9.1%)

Headache history

Yes 5 (5.7%)

No 17 (19.3%)

NS 66 (75%)

Headache location

 Occipital

19 (21.6%)

 Parietal

3 (3.4%)

 Temporal

13 (14.8%)

 Frontal

12 (13.6%)

 Vertex

2 (2.3%)

 Holocranial

11 (12.5%)

 Eye

2 (2.3%)

 Bregma

1 (1.1%)

 Right lateralized headache

1 (1.1%)

 Two or more regions

14 (15.9%)

 NS

10 (11.3%)

  1. NS not specified