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Table 3 Clinical examination findings in pregnant women receiving neurological consultation due to acute headache

From: Characteristics and diagnoses of acute headache in pregnant women – a retrospective cross-sectional study

Feature

Missing

All headache

Primary headache

Secondary headache

p value

Abnormal medical examination

5 (3.3%)

14 (9.6%)

4 (4.8%)

10 (15.9%)

0.025*

Elevated blood pressure

5 (3.3%)

27 (18.5%)

7 (8.4%)

20 (31.7%)

0.000*

Fever

10 (6.6%)

1 (1.1%)

9 (14.1%)

0.002*

Abnormal neurological examination

33 (21.9%)

10 (11.5%)

23 (35.9%)

0.000*

Abnormal neurological examination referable to acute symptoms

26 (17.2%)

6 (6.9%)

20 (31.3%)

0.000*

  1. * = statistical significant (p < 0.05). Subgroup proportions were compared using χ2 test