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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsy Res. 2007 Jun 15;75(2-3):220–223. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2007.05.001

Table 1.

Association between migraine with aura, major depression, suicide attempt and incident unprovoked seizures in Icelandic children and adults aged 10 years and over

N (%) Cases
(N =324)
N (%) Controls
(N =647)
Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
MA and major depression
MA without major depression 45 (13.9%) 42 (6.5%) 2.5 (1.6-3.9)
Major depression without MA 24 (7.4%) 41 (6.3%) 1. 4 (0.8-2.4)
MA and major depression 15 (4.60%) 7 (1.1%) 4.6 (1.9-11.4)
Neither MA or depression 240 (74.1%) 557 (86.1%) 1.0 (Referent)

MA and suicide attempt
MA without suicide attempt 51 (15.7%) 47 (7.3%) 2.4 (1.5-3.9)
Suicide attempt without MA 12 (3.7%) 7 (1.1%) 4.7 (1.7-13.0)
MA and suicide attempt 9 (2.8%) 2 (0.3%) 7.9 (1.7-37.3)
Neither MA or suicide attempt 252 (77.8%) 591 (91.3%) 1.0 (Referent)

MA: Migraine with aura

OR: Odds ratio

95% CI: 95% confidence interval