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Table 1 Demographics and Medical History of Cluster Headache patients and controls

From: Demoralization predicts suicidality in patients with cluster headache

Demographics Overall Cohort
(n = 235)
Cluster
(n = 100)
Controls
(n = 135)
p-valuea
Age (mean ± SD) 46.1 ± 14.9 45.5 ± 12.3 46.5 ± 16.6 0.57b
Sex (male; n, %) 130/235 (55.3) 53/100 (53.0) 77/135 (57.0) 0.54c
Race (Caucasian; n, %) 221/235 (94.0) 94/100 (94.0) 127/135 (94.1) 0.98c
Currently married; n, %) 138/235 (58.7) 63/100 (63.0) 75/135 (55.6) 0.25c
Higher Education (finished college; n, %) 203/235 (86.4) 78/100 (78.0) 125/135 (92.6) 0.001c
Economicd     0.44c
High/middle (n, %) 166/235 (70.6) 68/100 (68.0) 98/135 (72.6)  
Low 69/235 (29.4) 32/100 (32.0) 37/135 (27.4)  
Employed (n, %) 196/235 (83.4) 80/100 (80.0) 116/135 (85.9) 0.23c
Regular Alcohol Usee (n, %) 18/235 (4.7) 7/100 (7.0) 11/135 (8.1) 0.57c
Regular Drug Usef (n, %) 48/235 (16.7) 32/100 (24.6) 16/135 (10.2) 0.001c
Psychedelic Mushroom (n, %) 16/235 (5.5) 12/100 (12.0) 4/135 (3.0) 0.007c
Marijuana (n, %) 99/235 (42.1) 45/100 (45.0) 54/135 (40.0) 0.44c
Hypertension (n, %) 39/235 (16.6) 10/100 (10.0) 29/135 (21.5) 0.02c
Diabetes Mellitus (n, %) 15/235 (6.4) 2/100 (2.0) 13/135 (9.6) 0.02c
  1. aComparing Cluster headache persons to Controls; superscript letter after p-value indicates type of test used; bStudent’s t-test; cChi Squared test; dFor the economic variable, High ≥ $6000 monthly income; Middle = $3001 to $6000 monthly income; Low ≤ $3000 monthly income; eFor History of Regular Alcohol Use: Period of one year when 3 or more drinks at least 3 times per week; fFor History of Regular Drug Use: Period of one year when drugs were used weekly, referenced to those that had less than this amount of use