Table 2.
Association between migraine prevalence and demographic, anthropometric, and clinical characteristics in patients with type 2 diabetes and healthy people
| Variable | Diabetic group | Non diabetic group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | p-value | n | % | p-value | p-value* | ||
| Sex | Male | 4 | 7.3 | <.001 | 4 | 8.3 | <.001 | <.001 |
| Female | 37 | 40.2 | 35 | 34.3 | ||||
| Employment | No | 34 | 39.1 | <.001 | 29 | 34.5 | .006 | <.001 |
| Yes | 7 | 11.7 | 10 | 15.2 | ||||
| Education | Below diploma | 32 | 34 | .013 | 20 | 38.5 | .010 | .001 |
| Diploma and upper | 8 | 15.7 | 19 | 19.4 | ||||
| History of migraine in first degree relatives | No | 23 | 20.9 | .001 | 17 | 15.6 | <.001 | <.001 |
| Yes | 18 | 50 | 22 | 53.7 | ||||
| Age (years) | 30–35 | 2 | 15.4 | 14 | 23 | |||
| 36–40 | 8 | 30.8 | .471 | 10 | 22.7 | .251 | .172 | |
| 41–45 | 31 | 28.7 | 15 | 33.3 | ||||
| BMI (kg/m2) | 20–25 | 9 | 25.7 | 12 | 22.6 | |||
| 25–30 | 19 | 28.4 | .712 | 18 | 27.3 | .492 | .426 | |
| 30–42 | 13 | 29.5 | 9 | 29 | ||||
| Medication | No drug | 6 | 23.1 | …… | …… | …… | …… | |
| Insulin | 12 | 27.9 | .549 | …… | …… | …… | …… | |
| Oral agants | 23 | 29.5 | …… | …… | …… | …… | ||
| Hypoglycemia | No | 13 | 16.7 | .001 | …… | …… | …… | …… |
| Yes | 28 | 41.2 | ||||||
| HbA1c (%) | 5–7 | 11 | 35.5 | …… | …… | …… | …… | |
| 7–9 | 17 | 27 | .306 | …… | …… | …… | …… | |
| 9–15 | 13 | 24.5 | …… | …… | …… | …… | ||
| Duration of diabetes (years) | 1–5 | 22 | 25.9 | …… | …… | …… | …… | |
| 6–10 | 10 | 33.3 | .031 | …… | …… | …… | …… | |
| 11–15 | 9 | 40.9 | …… | …… | …… | …… | ||
| 16–20 | 0 | …… | …… | …… | …… | |||
BMI indicates body mass index; HbA1c (%), percentage of blood glycosylated hemoglobin; n, the number of persons with migraine; %, frequency of migraine, p-value*, p-value between two groups of diabetics and non-diabetics