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Table 2 The distribution of lifetime and last year prevalence of headache’s types with gender

From: Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of headache among medical students in Palestine: a cross sectional study

 

All

n (%)

Male

n (%)

Female

n (%)

P-value

OR (95%CI)

Life-Time

TTH

482 (59.8)

184 (55.8)

298 (62.6)

0.051

0.89 (0.79–1.0)

Migraine

177 (22)

64 (19.4)

113 (23.7)

0.143

0.81 (0.62–1.1)

Unclassifiable

75 (9.3)

44 (13.3)

31 (6.5)

0.001

2.0 (1.3–3.1)

Free

72 (8.9)

38 (11.5)

34 (7.1)

0.032

1.6 (1.03–2.5)

Primary

659 (81.8)

248 (75.2)

411 (86.3)

< 0.001

0.87 (0.81–0.93)

Last Year

TTH

273 (33.9)

97 (29.4)

176 (37)

0.025

0.79 (0.64–0.97)

Migraine

116 (14.4)

40 (21.1)

76 (16)

0.126

0.75 (0.53–1.1)

Unclassifiable

278 (34.5)

114 (34.5)

164 (34.5)

0.979

1.0 (.82–1.2)

Free

139 (17.2)

79 (23.9)

60 (12.6)

< 0.001

1.8 (1.4–2.6)

Primary

398 (48.3)

137 (41.5)

252 (52.9)

0.001

0.78 (0.67–0.91)