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Table 4 Slopes fitted in the ordinal regression, their t-values, and false positive probabilities

From: Questionnaire-based study of COVID-19 vaccination induced headache: evidence of clusters of adverse events

Independent Variable

Fitted Slope

T-Value

 

alpha

Fatigue

\({S}_{1}\)= -0.52

T(5592)= -9.9

 

< 0.001

Flu-like symptoms

\({S}_{2}\)= -0.362

T(5592)= -7.1

 

< 0.001

Pain at the injection site

\({S}_{3}\)= -0.342

T(5592)= -6.5

 

< 0.001

Known tension-type headache (triggering an attack within 24 h)

\({S}_{4}\)= -0.462

T(5592)= -5.8

 

< 0.01

Fever

\({S}_{5}\)= -0.19

T(5592)= -3.2

 

< 0.01

Dizziness/balance problems

\({S}_{6}\)= -0.22

T(5592)=-2.8

 

0.01

Known migraine (triggering an attack within 24 h)

\({S}_{7}\)= -0.26

T(5592)=-2.6

 

0.01

Circulatory weakness(dizzy/blackout)

\({S}_{8}\)= -0.11

T(5592)=-1.2

 

0.23

Nausea, vomiting

\({S}_{9}\)= -0.09

T(5592)=-1.0

 

0.31

Diarrhoea

\({S}_{10}\)= 0.04

T(5592) = 0.4

 

0.68

Redness

\({S}_{11}\)= 0.02

T(5592) = 0.2

 

0.83

Hematoma

\({S}_{12}\)= >-0.01

T(5592)<-0.02

 

> 0.98

  1. The first 7 AEs reached significance, which means there was an association between the rating of headache with these 7 AEs but not with the others