Table 3.
Association between headache with demographic characteristics and some common clinical conditions in elderly subjects of the Amirkola Health Study Project by calculation of odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI
| variable | Frequency (%) |
With headache
Frequency (%) |
Without headache
frequency (%) |
OR(95%CI) @ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 60-64 | 533 (36.9) | 253 (45.8) | 300 (54.2) | 1 |
| 65-69 | 314 (29.9) | 118 (36.7) | 196 (62.4) | 0.69 (.52-.92) | |
| 70-74 | 264 (17.6) | 110 (41.7) | 154 (58.3) | 0.85 (.63-1.14) | |
| 75-79 | 229 (15.3) | 103 (45) | 126 (55) | 0.97 (.71-1.3) | |
| 80-84 | 93 (6.2) | 34 (36.6) | 59 (63.4) | 0.68 (.43-1.08) | |
| 85-99 | 46 (3.1) | 12 (26.1) | 34 (73.9) | 0.42 (.21-.93) | |
| Sex | female | 667 (44.5) | 398 (5.7) | 269 (40.3) | 3.83 (3.08-4.75) |
| male | 832 (55.5) | 232 (27.9) | 600 (72.1) | 1 | |
| Level of education | Illiterate | 953 (63.3) | 412 (43.2) | 541 (56.8) | 1 |
| Elementary | 413 ( 27.6) | 182 (44.1) | 231 (55.9) | 1.03 (.82-1.31) | |
| primary | 28 (1.9) | 11 (39.3) | 17 (60.7) | 0.85 (0.39-1.8) | |
| High school | 61 (4.1) | 12 (19.7) | 49 (80.3) | 0.32 (0.17-.61) | |
| University | 44 (2.9) | 13 (29.5) | 31 (70.5) | 0.55 (0.28-1.07) | |
| occupational status | Unemployed | 94 (6.3) | 54 (57.4) | 40 (42.5) | 1 |
| Housekeeper | 591 (39.4) | 350 (59.2) | 241 (40.8) | 1.08 (0.69-1.67) | |
| Retired | 330 (22) | 103 (31.2) | 227 (68.8) | 0.34 (0.21-0.54) | |
| Free job | 476 (31.8) | 118 (24.8) | 358 (75.2) | 0.24 (0.15-0.39) | |
| undetermined | 8 (5) | 5 (62.5) | 3 (37.5) | 1.23 (0.28-5.4) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | Yes | 464 (31) | 214 (46.1) | 250 (53.9) | 1.27 (1.02-1.59) |
| No | 1035 (69) | 416 (40.2) | 619 (59.8) | 1 | |
| hypertension | Yes | 932 (62.6) | 400 (42.9) | 539 (57.1) | 1.09 (0.88-1.34) |
| no | 567 (37.8) | 230 (40.6) | 337 (59.4) | 1 | |
| Chronic pain | Yes | 1258 (83.9) | 557 (44.3) | 701 (55.7) | 1.83 (1.36-2.46) |
| No | 241 (16.1) | 73 (30.3) | 168 (69.7) | 1 | |
| Back pain | Yes | 942 (62.8) | 479 (50.8) | 463 (49.2) | 2.72(2.17-3.4) |
| No | 557 (37.2) | 151 (27.1) | 406 (72.9) | 1 | |
| Marital status | Marriage | 1281 (85.5) | 510 (39.8) | 771 (60.2) | 1 |
| Single | 218 (14.5) | 120 (55) | 98 (45) | 1.84(1.39-2.47) | |
| Live alone | Yes | 102 (6.8) | 56 (54.9) | 46 (45.1) | 1 |
| no | 1397 (93.2) | 574 (41.1) | 832 (58.9) | 1.77(1.18-2.4) | |
| Vitamin D deficiency | yes | 76 (5.1) | 45 (59.2) | 31 (40.8) | 1 |
| no | 1423 (94.9) | 585 (41.1) | 838 (58.9) | 2.08(1.3-3.3) | |
| MMSE # | (≤25) | 459 (30.6) | 243 (52.9) | 216 (47.1) | 1.9(1.52-2.37) |
| >26 | 1040 (69.4) | 387 (37.2) | 653 (62.8) | 1 |
@
Chi square test
#
MMSE (Mini Mental State Exam)