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Table 1 Characteristics of study population based on adherence of AHEI.

From: The association between adherence to alternative healthy Diet Index (AHEI) and severity, disability, duration, and frequency of migraine headache among women: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Low adherence of AHEI

High adherence of AHEI

 

Quantitative variables

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

P-value

Age (year)

34.29 ± 7.95

34.34 ± 7.77

0.95

Height (m)

1.61 ± 0.05

1.62 ± 0.05

0.56

Weight (kg)

67.71 ± 13.04

71.44 ± 12.89

0.02

BMI (kg/m2)

25.88 ± 4.74

27.23 ± 5.01

0.02

HC (cm)

103.94 ± 11.39

103.91 ± 13.14

0.98

WC (cm)

85.55 ± 12.44

87.45 ± 13.02

0.22

WHR (cm)

0.82 ± 0.06

0.94 ± 0.86

0.13

Physical activity (MET/h/week)

380.03 ± 599.63

437.18 ± 406.03

0.37

Qualitative variables

N (%)

N (%)

P-value

Marital situation

 

Single

44 (59.5)

30 (40.5)

0.55

Married

98 (52.1)

90 (47.9)

Divorced

2 (50)

2 (50)

Education

   

Undergraduate

66 (51.57)

60 (48.42)

0.31

Bachelor

37 (46.8)

42 (53.2)

Master or higher

40 (56.16)

20(43.83)

Job

 

Employed

50 (50)

47 (66.36)

0.81

Unemployed

95 (60.13)

75 (39.86)

Migraine severity

 

VAS

 

Mild

25 (58.1)

18 (41.9)

0.84

Moderate

61 (53.5)

53 (46.5)

Severe

58 (53.2)

51 (46.8)

MIDAS

 

Without or low disability

19 (54.3)

16 (45.7)

0.35

Mild disability

42 (63.6)

24 (36.4)

Moderate disability

23 (50)

23 (50)

 

Severe disability

60 (50.8)

58 (49.2)

Headache duration

 

≤ 10 h

89 (49.7)

90 (50.3)

0.03

> 10 h

55 (63.2)

32 (36.8)

Headache frequency

 

> 15 days/month

95 (57.6)

70 (42.4)

0.15

≥ 15 days month

49 (48.5)

52 (51.5)

  1. BMI: body mass index, WC: waist circumference, HC: hip circumference, WHR: weight to hip ratio, VAS: visual analog scale, MIDAS: migraine disability assessment, AHEI: alternate healthy eating index.
  2. Quantitative variables calculated by T-test and presented as mean ± SD.
  3. Qualitative variables calculated by chi-square test and presented as N (%).
  4. P-value < 0.05 was considered significant.