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Table 1 Symptom burden by headache type and gender

From: The burden of headache disorders in the adult general population of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: estimates from a cross-sectional population-based study including a health-care needs assessment

 

Overall

Male

Female

Male vs. female

Mean±SEM, median

Frequency (days/month)

Any headache

4.3±0.1, 3.0

3.7±0.1, 2.0

5.1±0.2, 3.0

p < 0.001

pMOH

19.7±0.7, 20.0

18.1±1.0, 15.0

20.5±0.8, 20.0

p = 0.08

Other H15+

15.9±1.1, 15.0

14.9±1.7, 15.0

16.6±1.5, 15.0

p = 0.45

Migraine

3.5±0.1, 3.0

3.4±0.2, 2.0

3.7±0.2, 3.0

p = 0.21

TTH

3.0±0.1, 2.0

2.9±0.1, 2.0

3.3±0.2, 2.0

p = 0.04

Duration (hours)

Any headache

8.4±0.7, 3.0

7.9±1.0, 2.0

9.1±0.7, 3.0

p = 0.37

pMOH

6.1±0.7, 3.0

5.5±0.9, 5.0

6.4±1.0, 3.0

p = 0.59

Other H15+

26.6±18.3, 4.0

49.0±41.9, 3.0

9.2±1.7, 5.0

p = 0.29

Migraine

12.1±0.8, 4.0

11.4±1.1, 4.0

12.8±1.2, 4.0

p = 0.42

TTH

3.8±0.4, 2.0

3.5±0.4, 2.0

4.4±1.0, 2.0

p = 0.27

Intensity (mild, moderate, severe; equated to 1, 2, 3)

Any headache

119-836-490 (mean = 2.3)

77-511-253 (mean = 2.2)

42-325-237 (mean = 2.3)

p = 0.001

pMOH

0-23-39 (mean = 2.6)

0-8-11 (mean = 2.6)

0-15-28 (mean = 2.7)

p = 0.59

Other H15+

1-21-16 (mean = 2.4)

0-15-3 (mean = 2.2)

1-7-13 (mean = 2.6)

p = 0.01

Migraine

27-355-318 (mean = 2.4)

13-199-166 (mean = 2.4)

14-156-152 (mean = 2.4)

p = 0.50

TTH

81-417-100 (mean = 2.0)

56-275-64 (mean = 2.0)

25-142-36(mean = 2.1)

p = 0.77

Proportion of time in ictal state (%)

Any headache

3.6±0.2, 1.1

2.7±0.2, 0.8

4.8±0.4, 1.4

p < 0.001

pMOH

17.1±2.3, 10.0

13.8±2.2, 12.5

18.5±3.2, 8.3

p = 0.35

Other H15+

21.4±4.2, 8.3

16.7±6.0, 6.3

25.0±5.9, 11.1

p = 0.34

Migraine

3.5±0.2, 1.6

3.2±0.2, 1.4

3.9±0.3, 1.6

p = 0.08

TTH

1.3±0.1, 0.5

1.2±0.1, 0.5

1.5±0.2, 0.5

p = 0.11

Headache-attributed lost health (%)

Migraine

1.5±0.1, 0.7

1.4±0.1, 0.6

1.7±0.1, 0.7

p = 0.08

TTH

0.0±0.0, 0.0

0.0±0.0, 0.0

0.1±0.0, 0.0

p = 0.11

  1. pMOH: probable medication-overuse headache; H15+: headache on ≥ 15 days/month; TTH: tension-type headache