Table 2.
Rates and adjusted odds ratio of the associations between severe headaches/migraine and physical disorders
| % (95% CI) among adults with: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Severe Headaches/Migraine (n=12275) |
Severe Headaches/Migraine (n=3045) |
Total | OR (95% CI) | aORa (95% CI) | |
| Respiratory Disease | 14.45 (13.51, 15.40) | 23.25 (20.87, 28.65 | 16.35 (15.37, 17.32) | 1.79 (1.57, 2.07) * | 1.74 (1.49, 2.02) * |
| Cardiovascular Disease | 8.32 (7.35, 9.28) | 8.19 (6.96, 9.43) | 8.29 (7.47, 9.11) | 0.98 (0.81, 1.20) | 1.79 (1.47, 2.19) * |
| Pain Conditions | 37.55 (36.26, 38.87) | 60.66 (58.67, 62.66) | 42.53 (41.25, 43.81) | 2.56 (2.35, 2.80) * | 2.67 (2.43, 2.93) * |
| Gastrointestinal Disease | 11.55 (10.05, 13.04) | 14.83 (12.75, 16.91) | 12.25 (10.78, 13.72) | 1.33 (1.16, 1.53) * | 1.37 (1.17, 1.60) * |
| Other | |||||
| Anemia | 2.25 (1.94, 2.56) | 4.94 (3.86, 6.02) | 2.83 (2.50, 3.16) | 2.25 (1.74, 2.92) * | 2.11 (1.60, 2.78) * |
| Cancer | 8.15 (7.55, 8.75) | 8.21 (7.05, 9.37) | 8.16 (7.60, 8.73) | 1.01 (0.86, 1.18) | 1.55 (1.31, 1.84) * |
| Thyroid problems | 7.93 (7.31, 8.55) | 9.87 (8.62, 11.12) | 8.34 (7.83, 8.86) | 1.27 (1.07, 1.51) | 1.39 (1.16, 1.67) * |
| Trouble Seeing even w/glasses | 16.07 (15.22, 16.93) | 26.54 (24.26, 28.83) | 18.32 (17.31,19.34) | 1.89 (1.69, 2.11) * | 2.02 (1.80, 2.28) * |
| AT LEAST 1 CONDITION b | 68.76 (67.33, 70.19) | 84.61 (82.79, 86.44) | 72.14 (70.85, 73.43) | 2.50 (2.16, 2.89) * | 2.84 (2.46, 3.28) * |
| AT LEAST 2 CONDITIONS c | 37.90 (36.49, 39.30) | 55.70 (53.18, 58.23) | 41.70 (40.20, 43.19) | 2.06 (1.89, 2.25) * | 2.56 (2.34, 2.81) * |
| AT LEAST 3 CONDITIONS | 19.05 (17.88, 20.22) | 31.77 (29.60, 33.95) | 21.77 (20.58, 22.96) | 1.98 (1.79, 2.19) * | 2.69 (2.39, 3.02) * |
Respiratory Diseases include asthma, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema
Cardiovascular Diseases include angina, congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, heart attack and stroke
Pain Conditions include low back pain, osteoporosis, and rheumatoid arthritis
Gastrointestinal Diseases include diabetes, liver problems, being overweight and stomach, duodenal, or peptic ulcers
Adjusted for sex, age, race and education status.
Total values did not include the presence of ulcers due to the high missingness of this variable (present in 1999-2000 survey only).
Values represent any 2 conditions either within a grouping or between groupings
Significant after Bonferroni Correction, p=0.0045