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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: Headache. 2018 Nov 1;59(1):32–45. doi: 10.1111/head.13435

Table 3.—

Respondents Who Were “High Risk” on the Berlin Questionnaire by Migraine Subtype, Gender, Age, and BMI

Underweight
<18.5 kg/m2
(n = 50)
Normal
18.5–<25.0 kg/m2
(n = 692)
Overweight
25.0–<30 kg/m2
(n = 1054)
Obese
>30.0 kg/m2
(n = 2943)
Total
(N = 4739)

Episodic migraine, n (%)
Gender
 Men 6 (11.5) 176 (18.8) 387 (35.1) 732 (78.9) 1301 (43.2)
 Women 31 (7.9) 427 (12.2) 547 (25.5) 1858 (70.6) 2863 (33.0)
Age, years
 18–24 11 (5.8) 59 (5.8) 49 (14.5) 158 (58.7) 277 (15.2)
 25–34 10 (8.5) 110 (9.7) 120 (18.9) 516 (69.3) 756 (28.7)
 35–44 4 (7.8) 115 (15.1) 177 (26.3) 685 (74) 981 (40.7)
 45–54 5 (11.9) 134 (19) 257 (32.4) 675 (76.5) 1071 (44.2)
 55–64 3 (9.4) 113 (22.1) 180 (38.1) 374 (76.3) 670 (44.5)
 ≥65 4 (26.7) 72 (23.8) 151 (44.5) 182 (73.7) 409 (45.3)
Chronic migraine, n (%)
Gender
 Men 0 (0) 24 (43.6) 38 (54.3) 68 (89.5) 130 (63.4)
 Women 13 (33.3) 65 (20.7) 82 (38.3) 285 (84.1) 445 (49.1)
Age, years
 18–24 1 (9.1) 13 (17.3) 7 (26.9) 29 (78.4) 50 (33.6)
 25–34 0 (0) 12 (14.6) 17 (36.2) 65 (84.4) 94 (44.1)
 35–44 1 (14.3) 17 (24.3) 26 (32.5) 94 (83.9) 138 (51.3)
 45–54 3 (42.9) 23 (29.9) 39 (59.1) 111 (92.5) 176 (65.2)
 55–64 8 (72.7) 16 (35.6) 18 (43.9) 35 (79.5) 77 (54.6)
 ≥65 0 (0) 8 (40.0) 13 (54.2) 19 (76.0) 40 (58.0)

BMI = body mass index.