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Table 3 Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants and their associations with migraine

From: Burden of migraine among Egyptian people: prevalence and comorbidities

Variables

Migraine Screening

OR (95% CI, P-value) (univariate)

aOR (95% CI, P-value) (multivariate)

Negative

(n = 2004)

Positive

(n = 529)

n

%

n

%

Gender

      

 Female

1028

71.2

416

28.8

1

1

 Male

976

89.6

113

10.4

0.29 (0.23–0.36)**

0.30 (0.24–0.38)**

Age (years)

      

 < 20

593

78.9

159

21.1

1

1

 20–30

1213

81.0

284

19.0

0.87 (0.70–1.09)

0.95 (0.75–1.22)

 > 30

198

69.7

86

30.3

1.62 (1.19–2.20)**

1.79 (1.12–2.87)*

Marital status

      

 Currently not married

1734

79.8

438

20.2

1

1

 Currently married

270

74.8

91

25.2

1.33 (1.03–1.72)*

0.87 (0.58–1.29)

Family Income

      

 Not enough

499

79.3

130

20.7

1

 

 Just enough

971

79.7

248

20.3

0.98 (0.77–1.25)

Excluded #

 More than enough

534

78.0

151

22.0

1.09 (0.83–1.41)

Excluded #

Residence

      

 Rural

793

83.9

152

16.1

1

1

 Urban

1211

76.3

377

23.7

1.62 (1.32-2.00)**

1.33 (1.05–1.69)*

Regions

      

 Greater Cairo

406

72.0

158

28.0

1

1

 Alexandria

253

78.0

71

21.9

0.72 (0.52–0.99)*

0.89 (0.63–1.25)

 Delta

693

81.4

158

18.6

0.59 (0.46–0.75)**

0.95 (0.72–1.26)

 Suez Canal

152

83.1

31

16.9

0.52 (0.34–0.79)**

0.69 (0.44–1.08)

 Upper Egypt

500

81.8

111

18.2

0.57 (0.43–0.75)**

0.80 (0.59–1.08)

Educational level

      

 University or above

1713

78.7

464

21.3

1

 

 Below University

291

81.7

65

18.3

0.82 (0.61–1.09)

Excluded #

Field of study or Work

     

 Medical

1223

80.1

304

19.9

1

 

 Non-medical

781

77.6

225

22.4

1.16 (0.95–1.41)

Excluded#

Employment status

      

 University Student

1236

80.5

300

19.5

1

1

 Farmer/Manual work

63

91.3

6

8.7

0.39 (0.15–0.84)*

0.58 (0.24–1.41)

 Office Work

167

80.3

41

19.7

1.01 (0.70–1.44)

1.1 (0.71–1.70)

 Professional Work

445

75.4

145

24.6

1.34 (1.07–1.68)*

1.29 (0.98–1.7)

 Unemployed

93

71.5

37

28.5

1.64 (1.09–2.43)*

1.15 (0.73–1.81)

  1. * P value significance ≤ 0.05.**P value < 0.01, Excluded# for being insignificant in bivariate analysis
  2. Abbreviations: OR (Odds ratio), aOR (adjusted odds ratio), CI (Confidence interval)
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