Table 1.
Age-adjusted baseline characteristics of women according to migraine status in the Women’s Health Study (n=27,852).
| Migraine |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | No migraine history, n = 22,723 |
Migraine with aura, n = 1,435 |
Migraine without aura, n = 2,177 |
History of migraine, n = 1,517 |
| Mean (SE) age, y | 54.9 (0.05) | 53.2 (0.19) | 52.6 (0.15) | 55.5 (0.18) |
| Body mass index (SE), kg/m2 | 25.9 (0.03) | 25.8 (0.13) | 26.2 (0.11) | 26.1 (0.13) |
| History of hypertension, % | 24.6 | 25.5 | 26.1 | 30.4 |
| Antihypertensive medication use, % |
13.0 | 13.9 | 14.2 | 17.2 |
| History of high cholesterol, % | 28.9 | 33.3 | 33.6 | 33.2 |
| Cholesterol lowering medication use, % |
3.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.1 |
| Postmenopausal, % | 54.4 | 53.3 | 54.3 | 55.1 |
| Oral contraceptive use, % | 69.1 | 72.3 | 71.3 | 71.8 |
| Postmenopausal hormone use, % |
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| Never | 47.4 | 37.2 | 42.8 | 43.6 |
| Past | 9.9 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 11.8 |
| Current | 42.7 | 51.4 | 47.4 | 44.6 |
| Alcohol consumption, % | ||||
| Rarely/never | 43.5 | 48.3 | 47.3 | 45.2 |
| 1–3 drinks/month | 13.1 | 13.1 | 15.4 | 14.2 |
| 1–6 drinks/week | 32.7 | 30.3 | 30.1 | 30.3 |
| ≥1 drinks per day | 10.8 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 10.3 |
| Randomized aspirin assignment, % |
50.2 | 49.1 | 50.3 | 47.8 |
| Randomized vitamin E assignment, % |
50.1 | 51.5 | 47.8 | 50.0 |
| Vigorous physical activity, % | ||||
| Rarely/never | 37.0 | 38.2 | 39.5 | 39.2 |
| <1/week | 19.2 | 20.5 | 21.6 | 20.1 |
| 1–3 times/week | 32.3 | 30.7 | 29.1 | 29.4 |
| ≥4 times/week | 11.6 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 11.3 |
| Smoking status, % | ||||
| Never | 51.3 | 52.6 | 56.2 | 50.7 |
| Past | 37.0 | 37.4 | 34.5 | 35.3 |
| Current <15 cig/day | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 5.2 |
| Current ≥15 cig/day | 7.3 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 8.9 |
| Diabetes, % | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.7 |
| Mean total cholesterol (SE), mg/dL |
211.4 (0.27) | 213.4 (1.08) | 212.7 (0.88) | 214.8 (1.05) |
Numbers may not add up to 100% because of rounding or missing data.