Association between migraine and suicidal behavior among Ethiopian adults

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Socio-demographic and reproductive characteristics of the study population according to types of migraine (N = 1060)

Characteristics	All participants (N = 1060)		No migraine (N = 639)		Migraine (N = 421)		P-value
Characteristics	n	%	n	%	n	%	P-value
Age (years)^a	35.68 ± 12.08		35.95 ± 12.10		35.28 ± 12.05		0.378
Sex
Women	637	60.1	330	51.6	307	72.9	< 0.001
Men	423	39.9	309	48.4	114	27.1	< 0.001
Marital Status
Married	542	51.3	342	53.7	200	47.6	0.011
Never married	335	31.7	204	32.0	131	31.2
Other	180	17.0	91	14.3	89	21.2
Education
≤ Primary (1–6)	474	44.7	248	38.8	226	53.7	< 0.001
Secondary (7–12)	357	33.7	233	36.5	124	29.5
College graduate	229	21.6	158	24.7	71	16.9
Smoking status
Never	913	86.1	534	83.6	379	90.0	0.010
Former	104	9.8	76	11.9	28	6.7
Current	43	4.1	29	4.5	14	3.3
Alcohol consumption past year
Non-drinker	601	56.7	340	53.2	261	62.0	0.002
< once a month	357	33.7	223	34.9	134	31.8
≥ 1 day a week	102	9.6	76	11.9	26	6.2
Khat chewing
Never	783	73.9	455	71.2	328	77.9	0.052
Former	59	5.6	39	6.1	20	4.8
Current	218	20.6	145	22.7	73	17.3
Body mass index (kg/m²)
< 18.5	174	16.5	111	17.4	63	15.1	0.252
18.5–24.9	629	59.7	373	58.6	256	61.4
24.9–29.9	184	17.5	118	18.5	66	15.8
≥ 30	67	6.4	35	5.5	32	7.7
Self-reported physical health
Excellent/very good/good	596	56.2	410	64.2	186	44.2	< 0.001
Poor/fair	464	43.8	229	35.8	235	55.8	< 0.001
Self-reported mental health
Excellent/very good/good	699	65.9	478	74.8	221	52.5	< 0.001
Poor/fair	361	34.1	161	25.2	200	47.5
Depression (past year)	70	6.6	23	3.6	47	11.2	< 0.001
Depression (lifetime)	192	18.1	73	11.4	119	28.3	< 0.001
Suicidal behavior (any type) ^b	160	15.1	61	9.5	99	23.5	< 0.001
Suicidal ideation	154	14.5	60	9.4	94	22.3	< 0.001
Suicidal plan	65	6.1	25	3.9	40	9.5	< 0.001
Suicidal attempt	44	4.2	16	2.5	28	6.7	0.001

Due to missing data, percentages may not add up to 100%
^aMean ± standard deviation (SD)
^bNon-mutually exclusive subcomponents
For continuous variables, P-value was calculated using the one-way ANOVA; for categorical variables, P-value was calculated using the Chi-square test

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