title: The linear trend of headache prevalence and some headache features in school children.
abstract: The objectives of this study were to determine the age and sex dependent linear trend of recurrent headache prevalence in schoolchildren in Mersin. A stratified sample composed of 5562 children; detailed characteristics were previously published. In this study the prevalence distribution of headache by age and sex showed a peak in the female population at the age of 11 (27.2%) with a plateau in the following years. The great stratified random sample results suggested that, in addition to socio-demographic features, detailed linear trend analysis showed headache features of children with headache have some specific characteristics dependent on age, gender and headache type. This study results can constitute a basis for the future epidemiological based studies.
authors.affiliation: Mersin University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Turkey. aynurozge@gmail.com
authors.forename: Aynur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozge
authors.forename: Resul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Buğdayci
authors.forename: Tayyar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saşmaz
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaleağasi
authors.forename: Oner
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kurt
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karakelle
authors.forename: Aksel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siva
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology