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Table 1 Symptom burden and lost health at individual level by headache type and gender

From: The burden of headache disorders in the adult population of Morocco: estimates, and a health-care needs assessment, from a cross-sectional population-based door-to-door survey

Headache type

Overall

Male

Female

Male vs. female

Mean±SEM, median

Frequency (days/month)

Any headache

5.5±0.2, 2.0

4.2±0.2, 2.0

6.3±0.2, 3.0

F(1, 1936) = 37.7, p < 0.001

pMOH

22.0±0.5, 20.0

20.5±1.0, 20.0

22.4±0.6, 20.0

F(1, 154) = 2.4, p = 0.12

Other H15+

20.5±0.6, 18.0

21.4±1.1, 20.0

20.2±0.7, 18.0

F(1, 131) = 0.7, p = 0.40

Migraine

2.9±0.1, 2.0

2.5±0.1, 2.0

3.1±0.1, 2.0

F(1, 806) = 8.0, p = 0.005

TTH

2.9±0.1, 2.0

2.5±0.1, 2.0

2.8±0.1, 2.0

F(1, 824) = 2.8, p = 0.09

Duration (hours)

Any headache

18.8±0.7, 12.0

13.9±0.7, 6.0

21.5±0.9, 24.0

F(1, 1774) = 30.9, p < 0.001

pMOH

20.5±1.6, 24.0

21.7±5.5, 24.0

20.2±1.5, 24.0

F(1, 153) = 0.1, p = 0.71

Other H15+

27.6±5.4, 24.0

13.4±2.0, 20.0

31.9±6.9, 24.0

F(1, 124) = 02.1, p = 0.15

Migraine

23.0±1.0, 24.0

16.4±1.0, 12.0

26.2±1.3, 24.0

F(1, 739) = 23.7, p < 0.001

TTH

12.7±0.7, 4.0

11.5±0.9, 3.5

13.7±1.1, 4.0

F(1, 741) = 2.4, p = 0.12

Intensity (mild, moderate, severe, equated to 1, 2, 3)

Any headache

238-965-717 (mean = 2.3)

124-388-186 (mean = 2.1)

114-577-531 (mean = 2.3)

X2(2, N = 1919) = 65.9, p < 0.001

pMOH

5-41-108 (mean = 2.7)

1-13-17 (mean = 2.5)

4-28-91 (mean = 2.7)

X2(2, N = 154) = 4.7, p = 0.10

Other H15+

8-47-77 (mean = 2.5)

3-15-13 (mean = 2.3)

5-32-64 (mean = 2.6)

X2(2, N = 131) = 4.6, p = 0.10

Migraine

31-353-420 (mean = 2.5)

13-133-114 (mean = 2.4)

18-220-306 (mean = 2.5)

X2(2, N = 804) = 11.1, p = 0.004

TTH

192-522-106 (mean = 1.9)

106-226-40 (mean = 1.8)

85-296-66 (mean = 2.0)

X2(2, N = 819) = 11.3, p = 0.004

Proportion of time in ictal state (%)

Any headache

12.5±0.6, 3.3

7.3±0.6, 1.6

15.3±0.8, 3.3

F(1, 1771) = 49.4, p < 0.001

pMOH

56.3±2.8, 60.0

44.1±5.6, 46.7

59.3±3.1, 63.7

F(1, 153) = 4.9, p = 0.03

Other H15+

50.6±3.0, 50.0

38.4±6.3, 50.0

54.3±3.3, 50.0

F(1, 124) = 5.2, p = 0.02

Migraine

6.0±0.3, 3.3

4.3±0.4, 2.2

6.8±0.4, 3.2

F(1, 738) = 18.3, p < 0.001

TTH

3.4±0.2, 1.1

3.4±0.3, 1.1

3.5±0.3, 1.4

F(1, 739) = 0.1, p = 0.71

Lost health (%)

Migraine

2.6±0.1, 1.4

1.9±0.2, 1.0

3.0±0.2, 1.4

F(1, 738) = 18.3, p < 0.001

TTH

0.1±0.0, 0.0

0.1±0.0, 0.0

0.1±0.0, 0.1

F(1, 739) = 0.1, p = 0.71

  1. pMOH: probable medication-overuse headache; H15+: headache on ≥ 15 days/month; TTH: tension-type headache