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Table 1 Demographics of 421 participants with persistent headache after COVID-19 in Latin America

From: New daily persistent headache after SARS-CoV-2 infection in Latin America: a cross-sectional study

Demographics

All (n = 421, 100%)

NDPH (n = 106, 25.2%)

Non-NDPH (n = 315, 74.8%)

p value

Age, mean (SD), years

40 (12)

41 (13)

39 (12)

0.139a

Sex, n (%)

   

0.636b

 Female

343 (81.5)

88 (83)

255 (81)

 

 Male

78 (18.5)

18 (17)

60 (19)

 

Education level, n (%)

   

0.132c

 None

1 (0.2)

0 (0)

1 (0.3)

 

 Primary school

3 (0.7)

2 (1.9)

1 (0.3)

 

 High school

44 (10.5)

7 (6.6)

37 (11.7)

 

 Associate degree

52 (12.4)

10 (9.4)

42 (13.3)

 

 University

321 (76.2)

87 (82.1)

234 (74.3)

 

Marital status, n (%)

   

0.077b

 Single

167 (39.7)

35 (33)

132 (41.9)

 

 Married

164 (39)

39 (36.8)

125 (39.7)

 

 Common-law marriage

59 (14)

19 (17.9)

40 (12.7)

 

 Divorced

21 (5)

8 (7.5)

13 (4.1)

 

 Widowed

10 (2.4)

5 (4.7)

5 (1.6)

 

Race, n (%)

   

0.374c

 Mixed

212 (50.4)

51 (48.1)

161 (51.1)

 

 White

196 (46.6)

51 (48.1)

145 (46)

 

 Black

9 (2.1)

4 (3.8)

5 (1.6)

 

 Indigenous

4 (1)

0 (0)

4 (1.3)

 

Occupation, n (%)

   

0.241b

 Employee

140 (33.3)

37 (34.9)

103 (32.7)

 

 Healthcare worker

137 (32.5)

29 (27.4)

108 (34.3)

 

 Self-employed

74 (17.6)

25 (23.6)

49 (15.6)

 

 Student

40 (9.5)

7 (6.6)

33 (10.5)

 

 Unemployed/Retired

30 (7.1)

8 (7.5)

22 (7)

 
  1. aStudent’s t-test for independent samples; bPearson’s chi-square test; cFisher’s exact test