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Table 1 Characteristics of participants (n = 38,813) in the HUNT3 study related to headache types

From: The impact of C-reactive protein levels on headache frequency in the HUNT study 2006–2008

 

No headache

Any headache

MA

MO

Other headaches

Participants, n

24,823

13,990

2139

1654

10,197

Women, n (%)

12,525 (50.5)

9203 (65.8)

1600 (74.8)

1252 (75.7)

6351 (62.2)

Mean age, years (SD)

56.9 (15.7)

49.2 (14.2)

47.0 (12.9)

45.3 (12.6)

50.2 (14.6)

Age ≥ 60 years (%)

11,280 (45.4)

3264 (23.3)

358 (16.7)

219 (13.2)

2687 (26.4)

Employed, n (%) (missing = 17)

14,450 (58.2)

10,087 (72.1)

1570 (73.4)

1301 (78.7)

7216 (70.8)

Current daily smoking, n (%) (missing = 998)

3590 (14.5)

2534 (18.1)

497 (23.2)

277 (16.7)

1760 (17.3)

Mean BMI, kg/m2 (SD) (missing = 120)

27.2 (4.2)

27.2 (4.7)

27.3 (4.8)

27.1 (5.0)

27.2 (4.6)

Total HADS score (missing = 582)

6.7 (5.0)

8.3 (5.9)

9.4 (6.4)

8.2 (5.9)

8.1 (5.8)

Alcohol abstainers during last year, n (%) (missing = 956)

2215 (8.9)

1105 (7.9)

120 (7.3)

182 (8.5)

803 (7.9)

Physical inactivity, n (%) (missing = 615)

1231 (5.0)

574 (4.1)

69 (3.2)

63 (3.8)

442 (4.3)

Self-reported hypertension, n (%)

6503 (26.2)

2462 (17.6)

359 (16.8)

215 (13.0)

1888 (18.5)

Self-reported stroke and/or heart infarction (%)

1771 (7.1)

506 (3.6)

63 (2.9)

33 (2.0)

410 (4.0)

Self-reported diabetes mellitus, n (%)

1326 (5.3)

466 (3.3)

60 (2.8)

34 (2.1)

372 (3.6)

Modified DSM-V insomnia, n (%)

1057 (4.3)

1631 (11.7)

362 (16.9)

235 (14.2)

1034 (10.1)

Mean hs-CRP (95% CI)

2.2 (2.2–2.3)

2.3 (2.2–2.3)

2.4 (2.3–2.5)

2.2 (2.1–2.4)

2.3 (2.2–2.3)

  1. MA Migraine with aura, MO Migraine without aura, HADS Hospital anxiety and depression scale, BMI Body mass index, hs-CRP High sensitivity C-reactive protein, CI Confidence intervals, DSM-V Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th ed.