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. 2015 Winter;9(1):71–75.

Table 1.

Characteristics compared between cases of migraine and tension type headaches

Variables Migraine No (%) Tension No (%) p-value OR CI
Age (years) 5–10 46(68.7%) 27(71.1%) 0.798 0.892 0.37-2.1
10< 21(31.3%) 11(28.9%)
Location of pain Unilateral 23(34.3%) 11(28.9%) 0.571 1.283 0.54-3.04
Bilateral 44(65.7%) 27(71.1%)
Gender Male 29(43.3%) 12(31.6%) 0.237 1.65 0.72-3.82
female 38(56.7%) 26(68.4%)
Duration of headache (hours) ≤24 58(86.6%) 36(94.7%) 0.32 0.358 0.07-1.75
>24 9(13.4%) 2(5.3%)
Photophobia No 40(59.7%) 22(57.9%) 0.856 1.07 0.48-2.41
Yes 27(40.3%) 16(42.1%)
Phonophobia No 40(59.7) 21(55.3%) 0.658 1.19 0.54-2.68
Yes 27(40.3%) 17(44.7%)
Oversleep No 59(88.1%) 32(84.2%) 0.577 1.38 0.44-4.3
Yes 8(11.9%) 6(15.8%)

OR= Odds Ratio, CI= Confidence Interval