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Table 5 Carer-reported severity of headache (percentage and 95% CI) for adolescents with recurrent headache, collapsed across cohorts

From: The prevalence and burden of recurrent headache in Australian adolescents: findings from the longitudinal study of Australian children

 

Headache severity

 

Mild

Moderate

Severe

 

Age (years)

p

Male

 10–11 (n = 207)

39.4 (31.9, 47.4)

37.1 (30.2, 44.6)

23.5 (18.2, 29.9)

0.077

 12–13 (n = 205)

44.4 (37.4, 51.7)

38.8 (31.9, 46.2)

16.8 (11.8, 23.3)

 14–15 (n = 71)

25.8 (15.4, 39.8)

47.4 (34.6, 60.5)

26.9 (17.8, 38.3)

 16–17 (n = 94)

51.0 (38.7, 63.1)

30.2 (20.7, 41.8)

18.8 (10.4, 31.6)

Female

 

 10–11 (n = 218)

51.9 (44.4, 59.4)

36.4 (29.5, 43.9)

11.7 (7.9, 17.0)

< 0.001

 12–13 (n = 246)

54.1 (46.5, 61.5)

34.6 (28.4, 41.4)

11.3 (7.6, 16.5)

 14–15 (n = 141)

25.9 (18.6, 34.9)

51.2 (42.0, 60.3)

22.9 (16.1, 31.5)

 16–17 (n = 191)

40.5 (33.0, 48.5)

41.7 (33.9, 49.9)

17.8 (12.1, 25.3)

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