Research Article
Migraine Pain Location and Measures of Healthcare Use and Distress: An Observational Study
Table 5
Demographic characteristics of patients with lateralized headaches (n = 228/451 or 47.8% of total migraineurs).
| | | Lateralized n (%) | Always left (−3) n (%) | Mostly left (−1 to −3) n (%) | Not lateralized n (%) | Mostly right (+1 to +3) n (%) | Always right (+3) n (%) | value |
| | Sex | 228 (47.8) | 24 (5.0) | 65 (13.6) | 223 (46.8) | 107 (22.4) | 48 (10.0) | 0.3297 | | Female (%) | 206 (90.4) | 23 (98.8) | 59 (90.8) | 195 (87.4) | 95 (88.8) | 44 (91.7) | — | | Male (%) | 22 (9.6) | 1 (4.2) | 6 (9.2) | 28 (12.6) | 12 (11.2) | 4 (8.3) | — | | Age (range) | Mean = 41.29 (17–74) | Mean = 41.67 (25–59) | Mean = 43.75 (18–74) | Mean = 39.42 (17–83) | Mean = 40.86 (17–69) | Mean = 42.98 (18–69) | — | | Handedness | n = 203 | n = 23 | n = 56 | n = 215 | n = 107 | n = 44 | — | | Left handed | 24 (10.5) | 7 (30.4) | 9 (16.1) | 8 (3.7) | 7 (7.4) | 5 (11.4) | — | | Right handed | 178 (87.7) | 25 (69.6) | 47 (83.9) | 204 (94.9) | 88 (92.6) | 39 (88.6) | 0.0736 | | Right preference | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | — | | Ambidextrous | 1 (0.4) | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.9) | 0 | 0 | — | | Marital status | n = 221 | n = 24 | n = 93 | n = 221 | n = 141 | n = 47 | — | | Married | 138 (62.4) | 17 (70.8) | 42 (68.9) | 112 (50.9) | 83 (59.7) | 30 (63.8) | 0.7814 | | Single | 66 (29.9) | 5 (20.8) | 12 (19.7) | 82 (36.9) | 43 (30.9) | 10 (21.3) | — | | Divorced | 17 (7.7) | 2 (8.3) | 7 (11.5) | 26 (11.7) | 13 (9.4) | 7 (14.9) | — | | Widowed | | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | — | | Education | n = 198 | n = 18 | n = 52 | n = 192 | n = 126 | n = 46 | 0.0700 | | College/graduate school | 121 (53.1) | 10 (55.6) | 27 (51.9) | 107 (55.7) | 75 (59.5) | 28 (60.9) | 0.1174 | | Some college | 43 (18.9) | 4 (22.2) | 11 (21.2) | 46 (24.0) | 31 (22.0) | 11 (23.9) | — | | High school graduation | 33 (14.5) | 4 (22.2) | 14 (26.9) | 34 (17.7) | 18 (14.3) | 8 (15.2) | — | | Some high school | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 5 (2.6) | 2 (1.6) | 0 | — | | Employment | n = 189 | n = 20 | n = 51 | n = 180 | n = 124 | n = 43 | — | | Employed | 127 (67.2) | 17 (85.0) | 33 (64.7) | 114 (63.3) | 84 (67.7) | 28 (65.1) | 0.6424 | | Unemployed | 13 (6.9) | 0 | 4 (7.8) | 17 (9.4) | 9 (7.3) | 3 (7.0) | — | | Disabled | 10 (5.3) | 1 (4.2) | 4 (7.8) | 11 (6.1) | 9 (7.3) | 2 (4.7) | — | | Student | 13 (6.9) | 0 | 2 (3.9) | 16 (8.9) | 10 (8.1) | 4 (9.3) | — | | Homemaker | 16 (8.5) | 2 (8.3) | 5 (9.8) | 19 (10.6) | 9 (7.3) | 4 (9.3) | — | | Retired | 10 (5.3) | 0 | 3 (5.9) | 3 (1.7) | 3 (2.4) | 2 (4.7) | — | | Ethnicity | n = 202 | n = 19 | n = 53 | n = 193 | n = 107 | n = 44 | 0.5453 | | Not Hispanic | 183 (90.6) | 18 (94.7) | 47 (88.7) | 181 (93.8) | 92 (91.1) | 40 (90.9) | — | | Hispanic | 19 (9.4) | 1 (4.2) | 6 (11.3) | 12 (6.2) | 9 (8.9) | 4 (9.1) | — | | Race | n = 202 | n = 20 | n = 54 | n = 193 | n = 100 | n = 44 | — | | White | 191 (94.6) | 19 (95.0) | 50 (92.6) | 178 (92.2) | 95 (95.0) | 42 (95.5) | 0.3275 | | Black | 9 (4.5) | 1 (5.0) | 3 (5.6) | 10 (5.2) | 5 (4.7) | 2 (4.5) | — | | Asian | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | — | | Native American | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 1 (1.9) | 3 (1.3) | 0 | 0 | — | | Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | — |
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For any degree of lateralization versus none. |
