Table 1.
Negev Population Demographic Characteristics
| Variable | Migraine patients (n = 30,766) |
Non-migraine controls (n = 434,984) |
Overall (N = 465,750) |
P* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female, n (%) | 23,230 (75.5%) | 211,077 (48.5%) | 234,307 (50.3%) | < 0.001 | |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | Jewish | 24,577 (79.9%) | 337,847 (77.7%) | 362,424 (77.8%) | < 0.001 |
| Bedouin | 6028 (19.6%) | 96,372 (22.2%) | 102,400 (21.9%) | ||
|
Age at diagnosis, median (IQR) mean (SD) |
Overall |
34.46 (25.45–46.49) 37.65 (14.32) |
— | — | |
| Female |
35.03 (25.61–46.73) 37.74 (14.06) |
— | — | ||
| Male |
32.78 (25.09–45.68) 37.38 (15.10) |
— | — | ||
| Family status, n (%) | Married | 23,361 (75.9%) | 293,436 (67.4%) | 317,836 (68.2%) | < 0.001 |
| Single | 3473 (11.2%) | 59,686 (13.7%) | 62,754 (13.4%) | ||
| Divorced | 2563 (8.3%) | 30,449 (7.0%) | 33,235 (7.1%) | ||
| Widowed | 1612 (5.2%) | 51,411 (11.8%) | 51,923 (11.1%) | ||
| Education, n (%) | Elementary | 4856 (15.7%) | 106,522 (24.4%) | 110,095 (23.6%) | < 0.001 |
| High school | 14,889 (48.3%) | 213,672 (49.1%) | 228,454 (49.0%) | ||
| Tertiary | 11,020 (35.8%) | 114,789 (26.3%) | 127,200 (27.3%) | ||
| SEI score, mean (SD) | 8.87 (3.94) | 8.36 (3.86) | 8.40 (3.86) | < 0.001 | |
| Immigrant, n (%) | 9674 (31.4%) | 178,846 (41.1%) | 188,520 (40.5%) | < 0.001 | |
IQR Interquartile range, SD Standard deviation, SEI Socioeconomic index
*Chi-square test for categorical variables/t test for normally distributed variables