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. 2012 Jan 14;13(2):147–157. doi: 10.1007/s10194-011-0414-5

Table 3.

Previous headache diagnoses of migraineurs and patients with TTH

Patients with definite migraine Patients with definite TTH
First Dx of migraine, n = 615a (%) Cumulative Dx of migraine,
n = 615b (%)
First Dx of TTHs, n = 89a (%) Cumulative Dx of TTHs,
n = 89b (%)
Migraine 42.0 51.2 1.1 1.1
Tension/psychogenic 22.8 30.1 33.7 43.8
Sinusitis 15.3 18.9 37.1 39.3
Hypertension 3.6 4.1 10.1 11.2
Cervicogenic 2.6 3.9 5.6 9.0
Vision problem 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.1
Other 12.8 14.1 12.4 12.4

Dx diagnosis, TTHs tension-type headache patients

aDiagnosis of first physician (one participant has one diagnosis)

bCumulative percentage of diagnoses made by first and other physicians (one participant might have more than one diagnosis)