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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cephalalgia. 2011 Apr 21;31(8):886–896. doi: 10.1177/0333102411401634

Table 3.

Association between migraine and CAD from random effects model, heterogeneity, and small study effects

Migraine status No. of studies Pooled effect estimates Heterogeneity Small study effects p-value

OR (95% CI) p-value Q df p-value I2 in % Begg test Egger's test
Any migraine
 All studies 5 (10–14) 2.06 (1.33–3.19) 0.001 9.0 4 0.06 55.5 0.14 0.81
 Women 2 (10, 11) 2.10 (1.27–3.47) 0.004 0.3 1 0.56 0.0 0.32 ---
 Men 2 (10, 11) 2.18 (1.38–3.45) 0.001 0.7 1 0.42 0.0 0.32 ---

Migraine with aura
 All studies 5 (10–14) 1.50 (0.76–2.96) 0.24 7.7 4 0.10 48.2 1.00 0.31
 Women 1 (10) 2.79 (1.40–5.59) --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
 Men 1 (10) 2.21 (1.19–4.11) --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Migraine without aura
 All studies 5 (10–14) 1.94 (1.21–3.10) 0.006 8.0 4 0.09 49.8 0.14 0.40
 Women 1 (10) 1.60 (0.74–3.49) --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
 Men 1 (10) 1.75 (0.84–3.65) --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

OR: odds ratio; df: degrees of freedom.