Overview of sociodemographic, lifestyle and migraine characteristics of the study population (n=401)
| Characteristics | N (% of n) |
| Status of participant | |
| Pregnant | 140 (34.9) |
| Mother | 261 (65.1) |
| Age (years) | |
| ≤25 | 85 (21.2) |
| 26–30 | 132 (32.9) |
| 31–35 | 123 (30.7) |
| ≥36 | 61 (15.2) |
| Marital status | |
| Married/cohabiting | 380 (94.8) |
| Single/divorced/other | 21 (5.2) |
| Education* | |
| Primary/secondary/high school | 115 (28.7) |
| College/university (1–4 years) | 181 (45.1) |
| College/university (≥5 years) | 105 (26.2) |
| Employment | |
| Yes | 320 (79.8) |
| No† | 8 (20.2) |
| Parity | |
| Primiparous‡ | 207 (51.6) |
| Multiparous | 194 (48.4) |
| Smoking during pregnancy | |
| No | 373 (93.0) |
| Yes | 28 (7.0) |
| Alcohol use during pregnancy§ | |
| No | 390 (97.3) |
| Yes¶ | 11 (2.7) |
| Migraine type | |
| With aura | 172 (42.9) |
| Without aura/other | 229 (57.1) |
| Years since onset of migraine** | |
| ≤5 | 73 (18.2) |
| 6–15 | 178 (44.4) |
| ≥16 | 148 (36.9) |
| Migraine medication use during pregnancy | |
| Yes | 294 (73.3) |
| No | 107 (26.7) |
| Migraine medication use during breastfeeding period (n=261) | |
| Yes | 171 (65.5) |
| No | 90 (34.5) |
*Highest educational level completed.
†Including student/housewife/other.
‡No previous children at the time of pregnancy.
§Use after awareness of pregnancy.
¶None of the respondents reported use exceeding two units/month.
**Numbers do not add up due to missing data.