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. 2013 May 7;14(1):40. doi: 10.1186/1129-2377-14-40

Table 1.

Characteristics of study population

 
No headache
EM
CM
ETTH
CTTH
  N = 4030 N = 1601 N = 108 N = 1203 N = 50
age, years
mean, (SD)
46.7 (12.8)
40.4 (11.8)
45.3 (12.9)
41.1 (12.6)
49.4 (13.9)
min, max
18, 66
5, 66
18, 66
18, 66
19, 65
missing, N
2
1
0
1
0
gender, N (%)
men
2408 (59.8)
466 (29.1)
29 (26.9)
505 (42.0)
26 (52.0)
women
1622 (40.2)
1135 (79.9)
79 (73.1)
698 (58.0)
24 (48.0)
missing
0
0
0
0
0
drinkinga, N (%)
no
3086 (76.6)
1467 (91.6)
97 (89.8)
1069 (89.0)
38 (76.0)
yes
555 (13.8)
106 (6.6)
8 (7.4)
115 (9.5)
11 (22.0)
missing
389 (9.6)
28 (1.8)
3 (2.8)
19 (1.5)
1 (2.0)
smokingb, N (%)
no
2581 (64.0)
1071 (66.9)
62 (57.4)
839 (69.7)
32 (64.0)
yes
1075 (26.7)
513 (32.0)
44 (40.7)
350 (29.1)
17 (34.0)
missing
374 (9.3)
17 (1.1)
2 (1.9)
14 (1.2)
1 (2.0)
educationc, N (%)
high*
1005 (24.9)
548 (34.2)
20 (18.5)
470 (39.1)
12 (24.0)
low
2587 (64.1)
1018 (63.6)
86 (79.6)
715 (59.4)
38 (76.0)
missing
438 (12.1)
35 (2.2)
2 (1.9)
18 (1.5)
0 (0)
BMI, N (%)
< 30
3090 (76.7)
1367 (85.4)
88 (81.5)
1044 (86.8)
43 (86.0)
≥ 30
479 (11.9)
192 (12.0)
19 (17.6)
129 (10.7)
5 (10.0)
missing
461 (11.4)
42 (2.6)
1 (0.9)
30 (2.5)
2 (4.0)
frequent medication intaked, N (%)
yes
74 (1.8)
105 (6.6)
54 (50.0)
33 (2.7)
15 (30.0)
no
3442 (85.4)
1337 (83.5)
41 (38.0)
1056 (87.8)
30 (60.0)
missing 514 (12.8) 159 (9.9) 13 (12.0) 114 (9.5) 5 (10.0)

a Drinking (yes) was defined as daily or almost daily drinking of alcoholic beverage and drinking (no) was defined as no or casual drinking of alcoholic beverage.

b Smoking (yes) was defined as current smoking and smoking (no) was defined as never or past smoking.

c High education was defined as completion high school or University and low as any other response.

d Frequent medication intake was defined as intake of acute pain drugs on ≥15 days per month.