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. 2022 Feb 1;14(2):e21805. doi: 10.7759/cureus.21805

Table 4. Characteristics of HARE compared to other causes of headache.

HARE: headache associated with refractive errors

Characteristic HARE (n = 198) Other causes (n = 113) p-Value
Male 148 (74.7%) 62 (54.9%) 0.0003
Adolescent 88 (44.4%) 73 (64.6%) 0.0006
Duration <1 month 20 (10.1%) 21 (18.6%) 0.0334
Frontal location 63 (31.8%) 23 (20.4%) 0.0297
Screen time >2 hours/day 151 (76.3%) 64 (56.6%) 0.0003
Family history of headache 28 (14.1%) 25 (22.1%) 0.07
Myopia 149 (75.3%) 1 (0.1%) <0.00001
Hypermetropia 29 (14.6%) 21 (18.6%) 0.36
Astigmatism 20 (10.1%) 10 (8.8%) 0.72