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. 2011 Mar 10;12(2):157–172. doi: 10.1007/s10194-011-0321-9

Table 4.

Risk of self reported migraine, MA and MO by lifestyle and socioeconomic factors in women and men

Migraine MA MO
Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)a Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)a Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)a
Women
School levelb
 Graduated 12th grade 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Graduated 9th grade 1.25 (1.17–1.35) 1.11 (1.02–1.22) 1.27 (1.15–1.41) 1.10 (0.96–1.25) 1.24 (1.14–1.36) 1.12 (1.01–1.25)
 Not graduated 9th grade 1.26 (1.15–1.39) 1.03 (0.89–1.20) 1.19 (1.04–1.36) 0.97 (0.79–1.20) 1.31 (1.17–1.47) 1.07 (0.90–1.29)
Educational level
 Higher education >4 years 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Higher education ≤4 years 1.42 (1.23–1.63) 1.26 (1.07–1.50) 1.19 (0.98–1.45) 1.10 (0.87–1.40) 1.61 (1.34–1.94) 1.39 (1.13–1.72)
 Vocatinal education 1.43 (1.24–1.64) 1.19 (1.00–1.41) 1.23 (1.02–1.50) 1.07 (0.84–1.36) 1.60 (1.33–1.91) 1.28 (1.03–1.60)
 No education 1.37 (1.18–1.60) 1.11 (0.92–1.35) 1.16 (0.94–1.43) 0.98 (0.75–1.29) 1.55 (1.28–1.88) 1.22 (0.96–1.55)
Occupational status
 Employed 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Self-employed 1.07 (0.90–1.26) 1.11 (0.90–1.36) 0.98 (0.77–1.26) 0.94 (0.70–1.28) 1.12 (0.92–1.37) 1.22 (0.96–1.54)
 Homemaker 0.98 (0.84–1.14) 0.88 (0.72–1.06) 0.90 (0.72–1.12) 0.81 (0.61–1.08) 1.03 (0.86–1.23) 0.92 (0.73–1.16)
 Retired 1.17 (1.03–1.32) 1.12 (0.94–1.33) 1.40 (1.19–1.64) 1.33 (1.05–1.68) 1.02 (0.87–1.19) 0.98 (0.78–1.21)
 Student 0.69 (0.62–0.78) 0.87 (0.74–1.02) 0.75 (0.64–0.89) 0.96 (0.77–1.20) 0.66 (0.57–0.76) 0.81 (0.66–0.98)
 Unemployed 1.25 (1.01–1.54) 1.24 (0.97–1.59) 1.61 (1.23–2.09) 1.60 (1.17–2.20) 1.01 (0.77–1.32) 1.00 (0.73–1.37)
Physical work load
 Mainly seated 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Seated/standing or walking 1.20 (1.12–1.30) 1.05 (0.96–1.16) 1.20 (1.07–1.34) 1.11 (0.97–1.28) 1.21 (1.10–1.33) 1.02 (0.91–1.14)
 Heavy physical work 1.54 (1.31–1.81) 1.28 (1.04–1.58) 1.57 (1.26–1.96) 1.36 (1.02–1.81) 1.52 (1.25–1.84) 1.24 (0.96–1.58)
Recreational physical activity
 No physical exercise 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Light physical exercise 0.88 (0.80–0.96) 0.91 (0.82–1.02) 0.86 (0.76–0.97) 0.91 (0.78–1.06) 0.89 (0.80–0.99) 0.91 (0.80–1.04)
 Heavy physical exercise 0.82 (0.73–0.92) 0.92 (0.80–1.06) 0.83 (0.71–0.98) 0.94 (0.77–1.14) 0.81 (0.71–0.93) 0.90 (0.76–1.07)
BMI
 Underweight 1.17 (0.99–1.39) 1.12 (0.90–1.39) 1.13 (0.88–1.43) 1.20 (0.90–1.60) 1.21 (0.98–1.48) 1.06 (0.81–1.38)
 Normal weight 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Overweight 1.12 (1.03–1.22) 1.03 (0.93–1.14) 1.08 (0.96–1.21) 1.00 (0.86–1.15) 1.15 (1.04–1.27) 1.05 (0.93–1.19)
 Obese class I–III 1.32 (1.17–1.49) 1.13 (0.97–1.33) 1.28 (1.08–1.52) 1.07 (0.86–1.33) 1.35 (1.16–1.56) 1.18 (0.98–1.42)
Smoking status
 Non-smoker 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Former smoker 1.11 (1.02–1.21) 1.11 (1.00–1.24) 1.13 (1.00–1.28) 1.11 (0.96–1.29) 1.10 (0.99–1.21) 1.12 (0.98–1.27)
 Current smoker 1.17 (1.09–1.26) 1.15 (1.05–1.26) 1.21 (1.09–1.34) 1.14 (1.00–1.31) 1.14 (1.05–1.25) 1.15 (1.03–1.29)
Alcohol consumption
 Never/seldom 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Monthly 0.75 (0.68–0.82) 0.76 (0.68–0.85) 0.68 (0.60–0.77) 0.72 (0.61–0.84) 0.79 (0.72–0.88) 0.79 (0.69–0.90)
 Weekly 0.72 (0.66–0.77) 0.68 (0.62–0.75) 0.67 (0.60–0.74) 0.63 (0.55–0.72) 0.75 (0.69–0.82) 0.73 (0.64–0.82)
Marital status
 Single 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Marriedc 1.13 (1.06–1.22) 1.10 (1.00–1.21) 1.09 (0.99–1.21) 1.11 (0.97–1.27) 1.17 (1.07–1.27) 1.09 (0.97–1.22)
Men
School levelb
 Graduated 12th grade 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Graduated 9th grade 1.27 (1.14–1.42) 1.17 (1.03–1.33) 1.13 (0.96–1.34) 1.12 (0.92–1.38) 1.36 (1.19–1.55) 1.20 (1.02–1.40)
 Not graduated 9th grade 1.29 (1.14–1.46) 1.19 (1.01–1.41) 1.07 (0.88–1.30) 1.00 (0.76–1.32) 1.42 (1.23–1.64) 1.31 (1.06–1.60)
Educational level
 Higher education >4 years 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Higher education ≤4 years 1.21 (1.03–1.43) 1.07 (0.88–1.30) 1.05 (0.82–1.35) 1.00 (0.75–1.35) 1.33 (1.08–1.63) 1.12 (0.88–1.42)
 Vocatinal education 1.24 (1.07–1.45) 1.00 (0.82–1.22) 0.92 (0.73–1.16) 0.83 (0.61–1.13) 1.48 (1.22–1.78) 1.12 (0.87–1.44)
 No education 1.09 (0.90–1.31) 0.95 (0.75–1.20) 0.86 (0.65–1.15) 0.80 (0.55–1.16) 1.25 (0.99–1.57) 1.05 (0.79–1.41)
Occupational status
 Employed 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Self-employed 1.07 (0.90–1.26) 1.00 (0.85–1.19) 0.97 (0.77–1.22) 1.07 (0.82–1.39) 0.93 (0.79–1.10) 0.97 (0.80–1.19)
 Homemakerd
 Retired 1.17 (1.03–1.32) 1.19 (0.94–1.50) 1.31 (1.00–1.71) 1.33 (0.93–1.91) 1.11 (0.90–1.37) 1.11 (0.84–1.48)
 Student 0.69 (0.62–0.78) 0.74 (0.56–0.97) 0.80 (0.59–1.10) 0.93 (0.62–1.40) 0.72 (0.56–0.91) 0.63 (0.45–0.89)
 Unemployed 1.12 (0.78–1.60) 0.94 (0.61–1.46) 1.18 (0.67–2.09) 1.10 (0.57–2.11) 1.08 (0.70–1.67) 0.86 (0.50–1.49)
Physical work load
 Mainly seated 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Seated/standing or walking 1.10 (0.99–1.22) 1.00 (0.88–1.14) 1.00 (0.85–1.17) 0.93 (0.76–1.14) 1.16 (1.02–1.31) 1.04 (0.89–1.22)
 Heavy physical work 1.11 (0.95–1.29) 0.99 (0.81–1.21) 0.81 (0.63–1.06) 0.82 (0.59–1.14) 1.28 (1.07–1.53) 1.08 (0.86–1.37)
Recreational physical activity
 No physical exercise 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Light physical exercise 0.98 (0.87–1.11) 0.92 (0.80–1.06) 1.14 (0.93–1.40) 1.08 (0.85–1.37) 0.91 (0.79–1.05) 0.85 (0.72–1.00)
 Heavy physical exercise 0.82 (0.71–0.94) 0.83 (0.70–0.98) 0.88 (0.70–1.12) 0.87 (0.66–1.15) 0.79 (0.67–0.93) 0.81 (0.66–0.98)
BMI
 Underweight 1.05 (0.61–1.80) 1.20 (0.65–2.22) 1.35 (0.62–2.94) 1.83 (0.82–4.10) 0.89 (0.45–1.79) 0.85 (0.36–2.00)
 Normal weight 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Overweight 0.97 (0.88–1.06) 0.87 (0.77–0.98) 0.95 (0.82–1.11) 0.83 (0.69–1.00) 0.97 (0.87–1.09) 0.89 (0.77–1.02)
 Obese class I–III 1.13 (0.97–1.33) 1.01 (0.83–1.23) 1.00 (0.77–1.31) 0.96 (0.70–1.32) 1.20 (1.00–1.44) 1.04 (0.83–1.30)
Smoking status
 Non-smoker 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Former smoker 1.16 (1.04–1.31) 1.13 (0.98–1.30) 1.20 (1.00–1.45) 1.22 (0.97–1.53) 1.15 (1.00–1.31) 1.08 (0.91–1.28)
 Current smoker 1.19 (1.08–1.32) 1.11 (0.98–1.25) 1.21 (1.02–1.42) 1.15 (0.94–1.41) 1.18 (1.05–1.33) 1.09 (0.94–1.26)
Alcohol consumption
 Never/seldom 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Monthly 0.84 (0.72–0.98) 0.87 (0.72–1.06) 0.73 (0.57–0.94) 0.73 (0.54–1.00) 0.90 (0.75–1.08) 0.95 (0.76–1.19)
 Weekly 0.69 (0.61–0.78) 0.67 (0.57–0.78) 0.66 (0.54–0.80) 0.67 (0.52–0.86) 0.71 (0.61–0.82) 0.67 (0.55–0.81)
Marital status
 Single 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference) 1 (reference)
 Marriedc 1.00 (0.91–1.10) 1.00 (0.88–1.13) 1.00 (0.85–1.17) 1.00 (0.82–1.23) 1.01 (0.90–1.13) 1.00 (0.85–1.16)

All significant values are marked with bold text

aOdds ratio adjusted for all other determinants and age

bAdjusted for all other determinants except educational level

cIncluding couples living together

dThe number in this category was negligible and excluded from the logistic regression model