Variables

No headache

N = 22

Headache

N = 78

P value

Gender

Females

Males

2 (9.09%)

20 (90.91%)

57 (73.08%)

21 (26.92%)

<0.0001

Age/years

Mean ± SD

Median (range)

28.05 ± 7.26

29.5 (15 - 40)

23.76 ± 8.25

21 (12 - 50)

0.02

Epilepsy type

Focal

Generalized

Unclassified

12 (54.55%)

9 (40.91%)

1 (4.55%)

62 (79.49%)

16 (20.51%)

0

0.02

Age of onset of epilepsy

Mean ± SD

24.64 ± 6.94

13.90 ± 7.92

<0.0001

Epilepsy duration

Mean ± SD

3.41 ± 2.41

9.79 ± 5.09

<0.0001

Type of therapy

No therapy

Monotherapy

Poly therapy

0

20 (90.91%)

2 (9.09%)

3 (3.85%)

30 (38.46%)

45 (57.69%)

<0.0001

Frequency of epilepsy

<1/year

≥1/year, <1/month

≥1/month, <1/week

≥1/week

9 (40.91%)

8 (36.36%)

3 (13.64%)

2 (9.09%)

10 (12.82%)

9 (11.54%)

41 (52.56%)

18 (23.08%)

<0.0001

History of febrile convulsions

No

Yes

21 (95.45%)

1 (4.55%)

68 (87.18%)

10 (12.82%)

0.45

EEG finding

Normal

Generalized

Focal

18 (81.82%)

1 (4.55%)

3 (13.64%)

23 (29.49%)

7 (8.97%)

48 (61.54%)

<0.0001

Family history of epilepsy

No

Yes

18 (81.82%)

4 (18.18%)

64 (82.05%)

14 (17.95%)

1.00

Family history of headache

No

Yes

22 (100%)

0

66 (84.62%)

12 (15.38%)

0.06