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. 2020 Oct 24;20(4):e00495. doi: 10.34172/jrhs.2020.29

Table 2. Socio-Demographic and Headache associated symptoms of the patients.

Continuous variables Total patients Migraine patients TTH patients P value
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Age (yr) 31.40 9.40 31.05 9.18 31.00 10.18 0.972
Length of headache history (yr) 6.19 6.61 7.43 9.10 4.03 4.83 0.006
Working hours 21.93 24.72 22.52 24.41 18.46 25.56 0.382
Categorical variables Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent P value
Sex 0.421
Men 72 26.00 57 27.32 15 21.91
Women 203 74.00 153 72.68 50 78.09
Marital Status 0.753
Single 78 29.64 60 29.69 18 28.58
Married 187 70.26 142 70.31 45 71.42
Living Place 0.241
Urban 172 62.73 134 64.00 38 57.89
Rural 103 37.27 76 36.00 27 42.11
Education 0.125
Primary school 10 3.72 9 4.42 1 1.62
Secondary school 44 16.00 27 13.13 17 25.38
Diploma 139 50.58 109 51.84 30 46.00
Bachelor’s degree and above 82 29.70 64 30.61 18 27.00
Job status 0.021
Employed 100 36.36 87 41.43 13 20.00
Unemployed 175 63.63 123 58.57 52 80.00
Family history 0.049
Yes 99 36.11 70 33.33 29 44.62
No 176 63.89 140 66.67 36 55.38
Photophobia 0.001
Yes 167 60.79 148 70.61 19 29.72
No 108 39.19 62 29.39 46 70.28
Phonophobia 0.001
Yes 194 70.55 163 77.59 31 48.40
No 81 29.50 47 22.41 34 51.60
Pulsatility 0.001
Yes 232 84.31 188 89.50 42 64.43
No 43 15.69 22 10.50 23 35.57
Unilaterality 0.001
Yes 132 48.00 121 57.62 11 16.92
No 143 52.00 89 42.38 54 83.08
Nausea 0.001
Yes 185 67.33 159 75.61 26 40.57
No 90 32.67 51 24.39 39 59.43
Vomiting 0.001
Yes 69 25.09 64 30.70 5 7.82
No 206 74.91 146 69.30 60 92.18
Type of headache onset 0.153
Suddenly 133 48.43 97 46.38 36 55.22
Gradually 142 51.57 113 53.62 29 44.78