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Table 1 Overview of maternal characteristics and analgesic use in pregnancy in the total study sample and in sub-samples according to migraine pattern

From: Patterns and predictors of analgesic use in pregnancy: a longitudinal drug utilization study with special focus on women with migraine

 

Study sample

Sub-samples according to migraine pattern

Total number of women

No history of migraine

Previous history of migraine

Recent history of migraine

Migraine in pregnancy

n = 1981

n (% of n)

n = 1362

n (% of n)

n = 227

n (% of n)

n = 262

n (% of n)

n = 100

n (% of n)

Maternal age at delivery

  < 25

165 (8.3)

119 (8.7)

12 (5.3)

16 (6.1)

15 (15.0)

 25–30

588 (29.7)

403 (29.6)

64 (28.2)

79 (30.2)

29 (29.0)

 31–35

768 (38.8)

529 (38.8)

95 (41.9)

100 (38.2)

38 (38.0)

  > 35

446 (22.5)

303 (22.2)

56 (24.7)

62 (23.7)

17 (17.0)

Parity

 First time mother

988 (49.9)

669 (49.1)

102 (44.9)

148 (56.5)

53 (53.0)

  ≥ 1 previous child

993 (50.1)

693 (50.9)

125 (55.1)

114 (43.5)

47 (47.0)

Marital status

 Married/cohabiting

1910 (96.4)

1318 (96.8)

222 (97.8)

246 (93.9)

94 (94.0)

 Single/divorced/separated

44 (2.2)

28 (2.1)

5 (2.2)

7 (2.7)

4 (4.0)

Education

 College/university

1294 (65.3)

905 (66.4)

146 (64.3)

160 (61.1)

61 (61.0)

 Primary/secondary school

606 (30.6)

406 (29.8)

69 (30.4)

86 (32.8)

37 (37.0)

Smoking at time of delivery

 No

1841 (92.9)

1280 (94.0)

211 (93.0)

235 (89.7)

87 (87.0)

 Yes

76 (3.8)

42 (3.1)

11 (4.8)

14 (5.3)

8 (8.0)

Alcohol in pregnancy

 No

1866 (94.2)

1282 (94.1)

210 (92.5)

255 (97.3)

93 (93.0)

 Yes

82 (4.1)

56 (4.1)

11 (4.8)

7 (2.7)

6 (6.0)

Symptoms of depression or anxiety in pregnancy

 No

1684 (85.0)

1184 (86.9)

192 (84.6)

218 (83.2)

68 (68.0)

 Yes

291 (14.7)

172 (12.6)

35 (15.4)

44 (16.8)

32 (32.0)

Chronic diseases

 None

831 (41.9)

590 (43.3)

92 (40.5)

102 (38.9)

34 (34.0)

 1 disease

747 (37.7)

506 (37.2)

94 (41.4)

95 (36.3)

40 (40.0)

 ≥ 2 diseases

392 (19.8)

260 (19.1)

41 (18.1)

61 (23.3)

25 (25.0)

Pregnancy related diseases

 None

1777 (89.7)

1221 (89.6)

212 (93.4)

229 (87.4)

87 (87.0)

  ≥ 1 disease

191 (9.6)

134 (9.8)

15 (6.6)

29 (11.1)

11 (11.0)

Somatic symptoms

 None

182 (9.2)

139 (10.2)

20 (8.8)

20 (7.6)

1 (1.0)

 1–2 symptoms

729 (36.8)

533 (39.1)

80 (35.2)

83 (31.7)

20 (20.0)

 3–4 symptoms

658 (33.2)

430 (31.6)

84 (37.0)

93 (35.5)

41 (41.0)

  ≥ 5 symptoms

412 (20.8)

260 (19.1)

43 (18.9)

66 (25.2)

38 (38.0)

Headache intensity

 Low

741 (37.4)

627 (46.0)

60 (26.4)

35 (13.4)

9 (9.0)

 Moderate

979 (49.4)

600 (44.1)

143 (63.0)

179 (68.3)

43 (43.0)

 High

183 (9.2)

61 (4.5)

22 (9.7)

48 (18.3)

48 (48.0)

Analgesics in pregnancy

 No

1004 (50.7)

766 (56.2)

107 (47.1)

90 (34.4)

28 (28.0)

 Yes

977 (49.3)

596 (43.8)

120 (52.9)

172 (65.6)

72 (72.0)

  1. Numbers do not add up to the total in each group due to missing values: migraine history n = 30 (1.5%), maternal age n = 14 (0.7%), marital status n = 27 (1.4%), education n = 81 (4.1%), smoking n = 64 (3.2%), alcohol n = 33 (1.7%), symptoms of depression/anxiety n = 6 (0.3%), headache intensity n = 78 (3.9%), chronic diseases n = 11 (0.6%), pregnancy related diseases n = 13 (0.7%)