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. 2010 Feb 9;10:12. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-12

Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) in comparison to no headache for occupation with electronic media.†

Any headache (n = 489) Pure migraine (n = 42) Pure TTH
(n = 212)
Migraine+TTH (n = 122) MH
(n = 113)
Mobile phone
No mobile phone 1 1 1 1 1
<5 minutes 1.1 (0.7-1.7) 1.1 (0.3-4.0) 1.3 (0.8-2.4) 0.9 (0.4-1.7) 0.9 (0.5-1.7)
6 - 15 minutes 1.2 (0.7-2.0) 1.7 (0.4-7.0) 1.3 (0.6-2.6) 1.2 (0.5-2.7) 0.8 (0.3-1.8)
16 - 30 minutes 1.0 (0.4-2.2) 0.5 (0.1-4.8) 0.6 (0.2-2.1) 0.9 (0.2-3.6) 1.5 (0.5-4.4)
30 minutes or more 0.7 (0.3-1.7) 0.9 (0.1-7.9) 0.7 (0.2-2.4) - 1.1 (0.3-3.8)

Computer/internet
Never 1 1 1 1 1
30 minutes 1.2 (0.8-1.9) 0.8 (0.3-2.4) 1.3 (0.7-2.4) 2.3 (1.1-5.1) 0.8 (0.4-1.5)
1 - 2 hours 1.3 (0.9-2.0) 1.2 (0.4-3.4) 1.4 (0.8-2.6) 1.6 (0.7-3.5) 1.0 (0.5-1.8)
3 hours or more 1.2 (0.7-2.1) 0.6 (0.1-2.8) 1.5 (0.7-3.1) 1.9 (0.7-4.9) 1.0 (0.4-2.1)

Television/videos
Never 1 1 1 1 1
30 minutes 1.1 (0.6-2.0) 1.7 (0.2-14.6) 1.7 (0.8-4.0) 0.7 (0.3-1.5) 1.0 (0.3-2.8)
1 - 2 hours 1.0 (0.5-1.7) 2.8 (0.2-22.9) 1.3 (0.6-3.0) 0.6 (0.3-1.2) 1.2 (0.4-3.2)
3 hours or more 0.9 (0.4-1.8) 3.3 (0.4-29.9) 0.8 (0.3-2.4) 0.7 (0.2-1.9) 1.0 (0.3-3.5)

Game consoles
Never 1 1 1 1 1
30 minutes 1.4 (0.9-2.0) 2.2 (0.9-5.5) 1.4 (0.9-2.2) 1.3 (0.7-2.4) 1.3 (0.7-2.3)
1 - 2 hours 1.2 (0.8-2.0) 1.7 (0.4-6.7) 0.7 (0.3-1.4) 1.3 (0.6-3.0) 2.4 (1.2-4.9)
3 hours or more 1.0 (0.4-2.3) 1.2 (0.1-10.6) 0.7 (0.2-2.5) - 2.7 (0.9-8.2)

Music
Never 1 1 1 1 1
30 minutes 1.8 (1.1-3.1) 4.0 (0.5-31.8) 1.4 (0.7-2.7) 2.7 (0.9-8.0) 1.8 (0.7-4.3)
1 - 2 hours 2.1 (1.2-3.7) 1.9 (0.2-16.6) 2.0 (1.0-4.0) 3.8 (1.3-11.1) 1.4 (0.6-3.6)
3 hours or more 2.0 (1.2-3.5) 5.0 (0.6-39.6) 1.7 (0.8-3.4) 2.3 (0.7-7.1) 2.2 (0.9-5.4)

Overall media index‡
Max. 30 minutes 1 1 1 1 1
1 - 2 hours 0.7 (0.4-1.3) 0.6 (0.1-3.4) 0.7 (0.3-1.9) 0.8 (0.3-2.0) 0.5 (0.2-1.4)
3 - 4 hours 0.8 (0.4-1.6) 0.6 (0.1-3.2) 1.1 (0.4-2.6) 0.6 (0.2-1.6) 0.6 (0.2-1.7)
5 - 6 hours 0.6 (0.3-1.3) 0.8 (0.1-4.4) 0.6 (0.3-1.7) 0.8 (0.3-2.2) 0.6 (0.2-1.7)
7 hours or more 0.7 (0.3-1.5) 0.6 (0.1-3.7) 0.7 (0.3-2.1) 0.5 (0.1-1.6) 0.8 (0.3-2.5)

† Logistic regression models were adjusted for age group, sex, family condition and socio-economic status.

‡ The overall media index was estimated by adding up time spent with computer/internet, television/videos and game consoles.