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. 2019 Dec 14;60(2):416–429. doi: 10.1111/head.13708

Table 2.

Respondent Sociodemographic Characteristics by Most Bothersome Symptom

  Most Bothersome Symptom Total χ 2/F P Value
Nausea Photophobia Phonophobia
Total sample, n (%) 1697 (28.1) 2967 (49.1) 1381 (22.8) 6045 (100)    
Sex, n (%)
Men 343 (20.2) 803 (27.1) 303 (21.9) 1449 (24.0) 31.86 <.001
Women 1354 (79.8) 2164 (72.9) 1078 (78.1) 4596 (76.0)    
Age, mean (SD), years 46 (13.3) 47 (13.6) 47 (13.1) 47 (13.4) 5.35 .005
Age group, years, n (%)
18‐24 63 (3.7) 97 (3.3) 47 (3.4) 207 (3.4) 16.95 .075
25‐34 333 (19.6) 549 (18.5) 232 (16.8) 1114 (18.4)    
35‐44 417 (24.6) 651 (21.9) 350 (25.3) 1418 (23.5)    
45‐54 422 (24.9) 752 (25.3) 364 (26.4) 1538 (25.4)    
55‐64 287 (16.9) 570 (19.2) 233 (16.9) 1090 (18.0)    
≥65 175 (10.3) 348 (11.7) 155 (11.2) 678 (11.2)    
Annual household income, n (%)
<$25,000 232 (14.0) 322 (11.1) 161 (11.9) 715 (12.1) 16.11 .041
$25,000‐$49,999 336 (20.3) 603 (20.9) 281 (20.7) 1220 (20.7)    
$50,000‐$74,999 382 (23.1) 621 (21.5) 317 (23.3) 1320 (22.4)    
$75,000‐$99,999 262 (15.9) 552 (19.1) 240 (17.7) 1054 (17.9)    
>$100,000 440 (26.6) 790 (27.4) 359 (26.4) 1589 (26.9)    
Race, n (%)
Not white 273 (16.2) 424 (14.4) 217 (15.8) 914 (15.2) 3.21 .201
White 1415 (83.8) 2529 (85.6) 1159 (84.2) 5103 (84.8)    
BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD) 27.7 (7.1) 28.6 (7.5) 28.4 (7.7) 28.3 (7.5) 8.48 <.001
BMI category, n (%)
Underweight 61 (3.6) 60 (2.0) 32 (2.3) 153 (2.5) 24.22 <.001
Normal 655 (38.6) 1008 (34.0) 487 (35.3) 2150 (35.6)    
Overweight 463 (27.3) 902 (30.4) 411 (29.8) 1776 (29.4)    
Obese 518 (30.5) 997 (33.6) 451 (32.7) 1966 (32.5)    

Among n = 5898 respondents with household income data.

Among n = 6017 respondents with race data.

BMI = body mass index.