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Table 2 General characteristics of study population among quartiles (Q) of MIND diet score

From: Associations between adherence to MIND diet and severity, duration and frequency of migraine headaches among migraine patients

 

Quartiles of the MIND diet score

 

Total (N = 266)

Q1 (n = 73)

a4.12

Q2 (n = 68)

a6.14

Q3 (n = 68)

a8.07

Q4 (n = 57)

a10.21

*P-value

Age (years)

34.32 ± 7.86

34.57 ± 8.43

34.21 ± 8.17

34.55 ± 6.69

33.71 ± 8.24

0.87

Height (m)

1.61 ± 0.05

1.62 ± 0.05

1.62 ± 0.05

1.61 ± 0.05

1.62 ± 0.04

0.48

Weight (kg)

69.41 ± 13.02

67.34 ± 13.47

70.27 ± 13.57

68.57 ± 12.12

72.27 ± 13.28

0.27

BMI (kg/m2)

26.50 ± 4.88

25.87 ± 4.73

26.97 ± 5.45

26.18 ± 4.86

27.38 ± 4.56

0.29

PA (MET-h/week)

407.73 ± 519.13

410.73 ± 724.27

449.41 ± 410.83

412.02 ± 420.24

452.25 ± 471.23

0.78

Current smoker (n (%))

0.11

 Yes

13 (4.9)

5 (1.9)

0 (0)

3 (1.1)

5 (1.9)

 

 No

253 (95.1)

68 (25.5)

68 (25.5)

65 (24.1)

52 (20)

 

Marital status (n (%))

0.75

 Single

74 (27.8)

21 (7.9)

20 (7.5)

16 (6)

17 (6.4)

 

 Married

192 (72.2)

52 (19.5)

48 (18.1)

52 (19.5)

40 (15.1)

 

Education status (n (%))

0.87

 ≤ Diploma

104 (39.1)

30 (12.3)

26 (9.7)

24 (9.1)

24 (9.1)

 

 > Diploma

162 (60.9)

43 (16.1)

42 (15.6)

44 (16.5)

33 (12.7)

 

Medication use (n (%))

0.27

 Yes

127 (47.7)

32 (12.1)

28 (10.5)

37 (13.9)

30 (11.2)

 

 No

139 (52.3)

41 (15.4)

40 (15)

31 (11.7)

27 (10.2)

 

Family history of migraine (n (%))

0.73

 Yes

173 (65)

51 (19.1)

45 (16.9)

45 (16.9)

33 (12.1)

 

 No

92 (35)

22 (8.4)

23 (8.7)

23 (8.7)

24 (9.2)

 
  1. Quantitative variables (age, height, weight, BMI, PA, headache duration) reported as Mean ± SD
  2. Qualitative variables (current smoker, education and marital) reported as number (%)
  3. BMI body mass index, PA physical activity
  4. *Chi-square test and ANOVA were applied for qualitative and quantitative variables, respectively
  5. a Median MIND diet score