Research Article

The Prevalence of Headache in Crohn’s Disease: Single-Center Experience

Table 2

Comparison of both groups according to the presence of headache, subtype of headache, and gender for those who had headache.

CD ()Control ()OR95% CI
(%) (%)

Headache
 No16 (31.4%)30 (58.8%)3.1251.38–7.040.01
 Yes35 (68.6%) 21 (41.2%)
Subtype of headache
 Migraine-type9 (17.6%)9 (17.6%)1
 Tension-type26 (50.9%)12 (23.5%)0.008
Subtype of headache by gender
 Migraine
  Male1 (1.9%)3 (%5.9)4.000.33–48.650.5
  Female8 (15.7%)6 (%11.8)
 Tension
  Male13 (25.5%)4 (7.8%)2.000.48–8.320.5
  Female13 (25.5%)8 (15.7%)

CD: Crohn’s disease; mean ± SD: mean ± standard deviation.