Table 4.
Multivariate adjusted* odds ratios of severe decline in each cognitive test comparing those with migraine or headache to those with no history of severe headache.
| No history of severe headache |
Migraine | Non-migraine headache | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of participants with severe decline |
OR | No. of participants with severe decline |
OR (95% CI) |
p-value | No. of participants with severe decline |
OR (95% CI) |
p-value | |
| MMSE | 105 | 1.00 | 15 | 0.76 (0.42, 1.37) |
0.55 | 7 | 0.88 (0.39, 2.01) |
0.98 |
|
| ||||||||
| Wechsler | 82 | 1.00 | 12 | 0.77 (0.40, 1.46) |
0.53 | 6 | 0.95 (0.40, 2.28) |
0.86 |
|
| ||||||||
| Trail Making A | 32 | 1.00 | 4 | 0.57 (0.19, 1.65) |
0.16 | 4 | 1.68 (0.57, 4.98) |
0.18 |
|
| ||||||||
| Trail Making B | 67 | 1.00 | 12 | 0.90 (0.47, 1.75) |
0.26 | 9 | 1.87 (0.86, 4.04) |
0.10 |
|
| ||||||||
| Rey | 53 | 1.00 | 11 | 1.20 (0.59, 2.44) |
0.47 | 3 | 0.75 (0.22, 2.54) |
0.55 |
|
| ||||||||
| Raven | 55 | 1.00 | 11 | 1.02 (0.50, 2.05) |
0.31 | 8 | 2.30 (1.00, 5.31) |
0.06 |
|
| ||||||||
| Benton | 73 | 1.00 | 10 | 0.66 (0.33, 1.33) |
0.09 | 9 | 1.65 (0.77, 3.56) |
0.09 |
|
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| Finger Tapping | 77 | 1.00 | 15 | 1.19 (0.65, 2.18) |
0.31 | 4 | 0.64 (0.23, 1.83) |
0.33 |
|
| ||||||||
| Word Fluency | 55 | 1.00 | 11 | 1.13 (0.56, 2.28) |
0.63 | 7 | 1.86 (0.78, 4.44) |
0.22 |
*
Adjusted for age (continuous), gender, education (age at which education was completed) and smoking status (never, past and current).