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

Table 4.

Logistic Models Predicting Nausea, Photophobia and Phonophobia as the Most Bothersome Symptom Using Demographic and Headache Characteristics as Predictors (N = 6045)

Total Sample, n (%) Nausea Photophobia Phonophobia
1697 (28.1) 2967 (49.1) 1381 (22.8)
P Value OR (95% CI) P Value OR (95% CI) P Value OR (95% CI)
Men <.001 .77 (.66, .89) <.001 1.32 (1.16, 1.50) .182 .90 (.77, 1.05)
Age, years
25‐34 .584 1.10 (.77, 1.57) .959 .99 (.72, 1.37) .589 .90 (.61, 1.33)
35‐44 .659 1.08 (.76, 1.54) .255 .83 (.6, 1.15) .394 1.18 (.80, 1.73)
45‐54 .846 1.04 (.73, 1.47) .501 .90 (.65, 1.24) .568 1.12 (.76, 1.64)
55‐64 .813 1.04 (.73, 1.50) .967 1.01 (.72, 1.40) .748 .94 (.63, 1.39)
≥65 .944 .99 (.68, 1.44) .942 .99 (.70, 1.39) .898 1.03 (.68, 1.55)
Annual household income§
$25,000‐$49,999 .026 .79 (.64, 97) .089 1.18 (.97, 1.43) .695 1.05 (.83, 1.32)
$50,000‐$74,999 .159 .86 (.70, 1.06) .601 1.05 (.87, 1.27) .365 1.11 (.89, 1.39)
$75,000‐$99,999 .001 .70 (.56, 87) .008 1.31 (1.07, 1.6) .784 1.03 (.82, 1.31)
>$100,000 .055 .82 (.67, 1.00) .107 1.17 (.97, 1.41) .870 1.02 (.82, 1.27)
Not white .381 1.08 (.91, 1.27) .192 .91 (.78, 1.05) .550 1.05 (.89, 1.25)
BMI category††
Underweight .040 1.46 (1.02, 2.08) .191 .79 (.55, 1.13) .461 .85 (.55, 1.31)
Overweight .012 .83 (.71, 96) .113 1.11 (.97, 1.27) .410 1.07 (.91, 1.25)
Obese .003 .80 (.70, 93) .012 1.18 (1.04, 1.35) .859 1.01 (.87, 1.18)
Cutaneous allodynia‡‡ .066 .89 (.78, 1.01) .311 .94 (.84, 1.06) .002 1.24 (1.08, 1.41)
Past year visual aura§§ .005 .81 (.71, 94) <.001 1.4 (1.24, 1.59) .001 .78 (.67, 91)
Acute treatment optimization¶¶
Moderate .017 1.20 (1.03, 1.40) .174 .91 (.79, 1.04) .362 .93 (.79, 1.09)
Poor .006 1.22 (1.06, 1.41) .382 .94 (.83, 1.07) .061 .86 (.74, 1.01)
Very poor .007 1.49 (1.11, 1.99) .010 .69 (.52, 92) .850 1.03 (.75, 1.41)

Women reference group.

18‐24 years reference group.

§

<$25,000 reference group.

White reference group.

††

Normal reference group.

‡‡

Allodynia present (mild, moderate, or severe); none reference group.

§§

<2 times past year reference group.

¶¶

Maximum treatment optimization reference group.

Several covariates that were included in initial models did not significantly contribute and were trimmed from final models: MIDAS, MHDs, medication overuse, MSSS, PROMIS pain interference, TPI, PHQ‐2 anxiety, PHQ‐2 depression.

BMI = body mass index.