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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics, baseline comorbidities, and residence location for health care professionals (HCPs) and non-HCPs in Taiwan

From: Higher migraine risk in healthcare professionals than in general population: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Taiwan

 

Physicians (n = 50,226)

Non-HCPs (n = 50,226)

P

Nurses (n = 122,357)

Non-HCPs (n = 122,357)

P

Other HCPs (n = 45,736)

Non-HCPs (n = 45,736)

P

Age (years)

  0–34

12,477 (24.84)

12,477 (24.84)

>0.999

76,955 (62.89)

76,955 (62.89)

>0.999

20,355 (44.51)

20,355 (44.51)

>0.999

  35–59

22,001 (43.80)

22,001 (43.80)

 

38,096 (31.14)

38,096 (31.14)

 

17,383 (38.07)

17,383 (38.07)

 

   ≥ 60

15,748 (31.35)

15,748 (31.35)

 

7306 (5.97)

7306 (5.97)

 

7998 (17.49)

7998 (17.49)

 

 Age (years)

44.42 ± 12.15

44.42 ± 12.15

>0.999

33.55 ± 8.76

33.55 ± 8.76

>0.999

38.37 ± 10.88

38.37 ± 10.88

>0.999

 Gender

  

>0.999

  

>0.999

  

>0.999

  Female

9263 (18.44)

9263 (18.44)

 

121,096 (98.97)

121,096 (98.97)

 

28,297 (61.87)

28,297 (61.87)

 

  Male

40,963 (81.56)

40,963 (81.56)

 

1261 (1.03)

1261 (1.03)

 

17,439 (38.13)

17,439 (38.13)

 

Baseline comorbidity

 Stroke

  

<0.0001

  

0.3152

  

<0.0001

  Yes

1133 (2.26)

1657 (3.30)

 

701 (0.57)

739 (0.60)

 

550 (1.20)

705 (1.54)

 

  No

49,093 (97.74)

48,569 (96.70)

 

121,656 (99.43)

121,618 (99.40)

 

45,186 (98.80)

45,031 (98.46)

 

 Hypertension

 

<0.0001

  

0.0671

  

<0.0001

  Yes

9742 (19.40)

8375 (16.67)

 

5554 (4.54)

5367 (4.39)

 

4913 (10.74)

4412 (9.65)

 

  No

40,484 (80.60)

41,851 (83.33)

 

116,803 (95.46)

116,990 (95.61)

 

40,823 (89.29)

41,324 (90.35)

 

 Epilepsy

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

  Yes

71 (0.14)

234 (0.47)

 

193 (0.16)

300 (0.25)

 

66 (0.14)

157 (0.34)

 

  No

50,155 (99.86)

49,992 (99.53)

 

122,164 (99.84)

122,057 (99.75)

 

45,670 (99.86)

45,579 (99.66)

 

 Anxiety

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

  Yes

3298 (6.57)

2926 (5.83)

 

8446 (6.90)

6969 (5.70)

 

3463 (7.57)

2751 (6.01)

 

  No

46,928 (93.43)

47,300 (94.17)

 

113,911 (93.10)

115,388 (94.30)

 

42,273 (92.43)

42,985 (93.99)

 

 Depression

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

  Yes

1056 (2.10)

1424 (2.84)

 

3691 (3.02)

4094 (3.35)

 

1150 (2.51)

1420 (3.10)

 

  No

49,170 (97.90)

48,802 (97.16)

 

118,666 (96.98)

118,263 (96.65)

 

44,586 (97.49)

44,316 (96.90)

 

 Insomnia

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

  Yes

4743 (9.44)

2658 (5.29)

 

10,954 (8.95)

6216 (5.08)

 

4256 (9.31)

2447 (5.35)

 

  No

45,483 (90.56)

47,568 (94.71)

 

111,403 (91.05)

116,141 (94.92)

 

41,480 (90.69)

43,289 (94.65)

 

 Residence location

 

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

  

<0.0001

  North

24,396 (48.57)

26,256 (52.33)

 

57,346 (46.87)

65,157 (55.75)

 

21,577 (47.18)

24,752 (54.17)

 

  Central

10,204 (20.32)

8877 (17.69)

 

22,008 (17.99)

21,520 (17.60)

 

8954 (19.58)

7980 (17.47)

 

  South

14,468 (28.81)

14,044 (27.99)

 

39,447 (32.24)

30,434 (24.90)

 

14,153 (30.94)

12,089 (26.46)

 

  East

1158 (2.31)

994 (1.98)

 

3556 (2.91)

2135 (1.75)

 

1052 (2.30)

869 (1.90)

 
  1. Data are number (%) or mean ± SD