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. 2017 Sep 12;18(1):95. doi: 10.1186/s10194-017-0805-3

Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of survey participants and total Korean population and cases identified as having TTH or insomnia

Survey participants Total population P Tension-type headache P Insomnia P
N (%) N (%) N, % (95% CI) N, % (95% CI)
Sex
 Men 1345 (49.3) 17,584,365 (50.6) 0.854a 268, 19.9 (17.8–22.0) 0.120b 117, 8.7 (7.2–1.2) 0.001c
 Women 1350 (50.7) 17,198,350 (49.4) 302, 22.3 (20.1–24.6) 173, 12.4 (11.0–14.6)
Age
 19–29 542 (20.5) 7,717,947 (22.2) 0.917a 119, 22.0 (18.5–25.5) 0.971b 59, 10.9 (8.3–13.5) 0.427c
 30–39 604 (21.9) 8,349,487 (24.0) 127, 21.0(17.8–24.3) 53, 8.8 (6.5–11.0)
 40–49 611 (23.1) 8,613,110 (24.8) 131, 21.4 (18.2–24.7) 66, 10.8 (8.3–13.3)
 50–59 529 (18.9) 6,167,505 (17.7) 107, 20.2 (16.8–23.7) 63, 11.9 (9.1–14.7)
 60–69 409 (15.6) 3,934,666 (11.3) 86, 21.0 (17.1–25.0) 49, 12.0 (8.8–15.1)
Size of residential area
 Large city 1248 (46.3) 16,776,771 (48.2) 0.921a 251, 20.1 (17.9–22.4) 0.004b 136, 10.9 (9.2–12.6) 0.943c
 Medium-to-small city 1186 (44.0) 15,164,345 (43.6) 243, 20.5 (18.2–22.8) 125, 10.5 (8.8–12.2)
 Rural area 261 (9.7) 2,841,599 (8.2) 76, 29.1 (23.6–34.7) 29, 11.1 (7.3–14.9)
Education level
 Middle school or less 393 (14.9) 6,608,716 (19.0) 0.752a 96, 24.5 (20.1–28.7) 0.327b 62, 15.8 (12.1–19.4) 0.006c
 High school 1208 (44.5) 15,234,829 (43.8) 247, 20.5 (18.2–22.7) 116, 9.6 (7.9–11.3)
 College or more 1068 (39.6) 12,939,170 (37.2) 223, 20.9 (18.4–23.3) 109, 10.2 (8.4–12.0)
 Not responded 26 (1.0) 4, 15.4 (0.5–30.2) 3, 11.5 (0.0–24.7)
Total 2695 (100.0) 34,782,715 (100.0) 570, 21.2 (19.6–22.7) 290, 10.8 (9.6–11.9)

N number, CI confidence interval, TTH tension-type headache

aComparison of sex, age group, size of residential area, and educational level distributions between the sample in the present study and the total population of Korea

bComparison of sex, age group, size of residential area, and educational level distributions among survey participants

cComparison of sex, age group, size of residential area, and educational level distributions among survey participants