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Table 4 Llifestyle 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, multivariate)

Negative

(n = 2004)

Positive

(n = 529)

n

%

n

%

Physical activity

      

 No physical activity

599

76.4

185

23.6

1

1

 Less than 1.5 h/w

391

75.6

126

24.4

1.04 (0.80–1.35)

1.1 (0.84–1.45)

 1.5–3 h/w

418

83.1

85

16.9

0.66 (0.49–0.87)**

0.72 (0.53–0.97)*

 4–5 h/w

295

81.0

69

19.0

0.76 (0.55–1.03)

0.82 (0.59–1.13)

 More than 5 h

301

82.5

64

17.5

0.69 (0.50–0.94)*

0.79 (0.56–1.10)

Fluid intake (litre)

      

 Less than 1 L

224

70.9

92

29.1

1

1

 1–2 L

1127

78.7

305

21.3

0.66 (0.50–0.87)**

0.71 (0.53–0.94)*

 3–4 L

536

82.8

111

17.2

0.50 (0.37–0.69)**

0.63 (0.45–0.88)**

 More than 4 L

117

84.8

21

15.2

0.44 (0.25–0.73)**

0.5 (0.29–0.86)*

Average sleep hours

    

 6 h or less

581

73.8

206

26.2

1

1

 7–8 h

1074

82.7

225

17.3

0.59 (0.48–0.73)**

0.66 (0.52–0.82)**

 More than 8 h

349

78.1

98

21.9

0.79 (0.60–1.04)

0.87 (0.65–1.16)

Smoking status

      

 No

1863

78.8

501

21.2

1

 

 Yes

141

83.4

28

16.6

0.74 (0.48–1.10)

Excluded#

Daily caffeine intake

    

 No

959

82.5

204

17.5

1

-

 Yes

1045

76.3

325

23.7

1.46 (1.20–1.78)**

1.39 (1.13–1.7)**

Chronic disease

      

 No

1450

84.1

274

15.9

1

1

 Yes

554

68.5

255

31.5

2.44 (2.00-2.97)**

2.12 (1.73–2.60)**

Family history of migraine

    

 No

1591

83.1

323

16.9

1

1

 Yes

413

66.7

206

33.3

2.46 (2.00-3.02)**

2.2 (1.78–2.72)**

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