Migraine among Egyptian medical students: prevalence, disability and psychological distress-cross sectional study

Table 6 Logistic regression analysis of potential predictors of psychological distress in patients with migraine (n = 281)

Variables		Psychological distress				OR 95% CI	P-value
		Low (n = 29)		High (n = 252)		OR 95% CI	P-value
		n	%	n	%
Gender	Male	11	37.9	54	21.4	1	.047*
Gender	Female	18	62.1	198	78.6	2.37 (1.01–5.57)	.047*
Marital status	Single	29	100	244	96.83	1	.999
Marital status	Married	0	0	8	3.17	116,066	.999
Living place	Rural	13	44.83	90	35.71	1	.998
Living place	Urban	16	55.17	162	64.29	1.14 (0.447–2.65)	.998
Family history	No	21	72.4	162	64.3	1	.764
Family history	Yes	8	27.6	90	35.7	1.14 (0.489–2.65)	.764
Smoking	No	29	100	243	96.4	1	.999
Smoking	Yes	0	0	9	3.6	2150	.999
Academic grade	1st grade	0	0	15	5.95	1	.393
	2nd grade	5	17.2	36	14.28	0.00
	3rd grade	4	13.8	39	15.48	0.00
	4th grade	9	31.03	56	22.22	0.00
	5th grade	7	24.13	33	13.1	0.00
	6th grade	3	10.34	62	24.6	0.00
	Intern doctors	1	3.45	11	4.36	0.00
Academic performance	Faire 21	2	6.89	19	11.5	1	.176
	Good 56	2	6.89	54	21.42	2.61
	V. good 77	7	24.13	70	27.8	1.38
	Excellent 127	18	62.1	109	43.25	0.813

p: p value for comparing between the studied groups; *statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05