Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of people with active migraine versus no-migraine matched controls
Characteristics | No migrainea (n = 1,190) | Active migraine [≥ 1MHD] (n = 595) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | Mean (SD) | 40.9 (13.4) | 41.2 (12.1) |
Sex | Male (%) | 374 (31.4) | 195 (32.8) |
Female (%) | 816 (68.6) | 400 (67.2) | |
Marital status | Single/not living with partner (%) | 335 (28.2) | 162 (27.2) |
Married/living with partner (%) | 855 (71.9) | 433 (72.8) | |
Decline to answer (%) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
University education | Less than University education (%) | 704 (59.2) | 351 (59.0) |
University education or higher (%) | 480 (40.3) | 242 (40.7) | |
Decline to answer (%) | 6 (0.5) | 2 (0.3) | |
Annual household income | Below median income (%) | 360 (30.3) | 184 (30.9) |
Median income (%) | 281 (23.6) | 134 (22.5) | |
Above median income (%) | 493 (41.4) | 252 (42.4) | |
Decline to answer (%) | 56 (4.7) | 25 (4.2) | |
Employed (FT/PT/SE) | Yes (%) | 825 (69.3) | 425 (71.4) |
No (%) | 365 (30.7) | 170 (28.6) | |
CCI | Mean (SD)b | 0.5 (1.2) | 0.6 (1.1) |
BMI | Mean (SD) | 24.9 (6.7) | 24.7 (6.7) |
Alcohol use | Do not drink (%) | 319 (26.8) | 155 (26.1) |
Drink alcohol (%) | 871 (73.2) | 440 (74.0) | |
Smoking behaviour | Never smoked (%) | 379 (31.9) | 190 (31.9) |
Former smoker (%) | 280 (23.5) | 142 (23.9) | |
Current smoker (%) | 531 (44.6) | 263 (44.2) | |
Exercise | Mean number of days/month (SD) | 8.2 (8.9) | 8.3 (8.1) |