Table 5 Comorbidities in subjects with tinnitus with or without headache.

From: Relationship between headaches and tinnitus in a Swedish study

 

Any Tinnitus

Tinnitus as a big problem

Severe tinnitus

Headache (n = 660) No (%)

No Headache (n = 1879) No (%)

Headache (n = 125) No (%)

No Headache (n = 218) No (%)

Headache (n = 79) No (%)

No Headache (n = 119) No (%)

Hearing problem

χ²(2) = 2.86, p = 0.24 (0.313)

χ²(2) = 1.57, p = 0.456 (0.744)

χ²(2) = 0.36, p = 0.836 (0.919)

Don’t know

121 (18.3)

304 (16.2)

14 (11.2)

27 (12.4)

6 (7.6)

12 (10.1)

Yes

309 (46.8)

946 (50.4)

81 (64.8)

151 (69.3)

50 (63.3)

73 (61.3)

No

230 (34.9)

629 (33.5)

30 (24)

40 (18.4)

23 (29.1)

34 (28.6)

Hearing aids

χ²(3)=1.01, p = 0.799 (0.827)

χ²(3)=1.04, p = 0.792 (0.88)

χ²(3)=1.2, p = 0.754 (0.919)

Yes, on both ears

43 (6.5)

115 (6.1)

22 (17.6)

43 (19.7)

12 (15.2)

22 (18.5)

Yes, on the right ear

4 (0.6)

19 (1.0)

4 (3.2)

6 (2.8)

3 (3.8)

4 (3.4)

Yes, on the left ear

8 (1.2)

23 (1.2)

5 (4.0)

5 (2.3)

4 (5.1)

3 (2.5)

No

605 (91.7)

1722 (91.6)

94 (75.2)

164 (75.2)

60 (76.0)

90 (75.6)

Problems tolerating sounds

χ²(4) = 70.08, p < 0.0001 (0.0001)

χ²(4) = 9.81, p = 0.044 (0.119)

χ²(3) = 5.15, p = 0.162 (0.485)

Never

11 (1.7)

95 (5.1)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Rarely

61 (9.2)

347 (18.5)

4 (3.2)

16 (7.3)

2 (2.5)

9 (7.6)

Sometimes

248 (37.6)

742 (39.5)

24 (19.2)

66 (30.3)

14 (17.7)

31 (26.1)

Usually

207 (31.4)

469 (25)

49 (39.2)

73 (33.5)

28 (35.4)

39 (32.8)

Always

133 (20.2)

226 (12)

48 (38.4)

62 (28.4)

35 (44.3)

40 (33.6)

Sounds cause pain or physical discomfort

χ²(2) = 51.96, p < 0.0001 (0.0001)

χ²(2) = 6, p = 0.05 (0.124)

χ²(2) = 0.69, p = 0.71 (0.919)

Don’t know

39 (5.9)

115 (6.1)

7 (5.6)

16 (7.3)

3 (3.8)

7 (5.9)

Yes

427 (64.7)

919 (48.9)

98 (78.4)

144 (66.1)

62 (78.5)

88 (74)

No

194 (29.4)

845 (45)

20 (16)

58 (26.6)

14 (17.7)

24 (20.2)

Temporomandibular problems

χ²(2) = 168.49, p < 0.0001 (0.0001)

χ²(2) = 15.98, p = 0 (0.002)

χ²(2) = 9.15, p = 0.01 (0.077)

Don’t know

37 (5.6)

64 (3.4)

11 (8.8)

17 (7.8)

6 (7.6)

7 (5.9)

Yes

231 (35)

245 (13)

50 (40)

45 (20.6)

36 (45.6)

31 (26.1)

No

392 (59.4)

1570 (83.6)

64 (51.2)

156 (71.6)

37 (46.8)

81 (68.1)

Vertigo/dizziness

χ²(2) = 177.98, p < 0.0001 (0.0001)

χ²(2) = 38.25, p < 0.0001 (0.0005)

χ²(2) = 24.39, p < 0.0001 (0.002)

Don’t know

33 (5.0)

64 (3.4)

6 (4.8)

9 (4.1)

1 (1.3)

4 (3.4)

Yes

278 (42.1)

324 (17.2)

67 (53.6)

47 (21.6)

40 (50.6)

21 (17.7)

No

349 (52.9)

1491 (79.4)

52 (41.6)

162 (74.3)

38 (48.1)

94 (79.0)

Neck pain

χ²(2) = 339.35, p < 0.0001 (0.0001)

χ²(2) = 36.22, p < 0.0001 (0.0005)

χ²(2) = 13.17, p = 0.001 (0.014)

Don’t know

14 (2.1)

26 (1.4)

3 (2.4)

6 (2.8)

1 (1.3)

1 (0.8)

Yes

397 (60.2)

410 (21.8)

83 (66.4)

72 (33.0)

51 (64.6)

46 (38.7)

No

249 (37.7)

1443 (76.8)

39 (31.2)

140 (64.2)

27 (34.2)

72 (60.5)

Other pain syndromes

χ²(2) = 145.17, p < 0.0001 (0.0001)

χ²(2) = 33.37, p < 0.0001 (0.0005)

χ²(2) = 17.49, p = 0 (0.003)

Don’t know

24 (3.6)

18 (1.0)

4 (3.2)

2 (0.9)

3 (3.8)

3 (2.5)

Yes

256 (38.8)

341 (18.2)

71 (56.8)

60 (27.5)

43 (54.4)

31 (26.1)

No

380 (57.6)

1520 (80.9)

50 (40)

156 (71.6)

33 (41.8)

85 (71.4)

Under psychatric treatment

χ²(2) = 34.43, p < 0.0001 (0.0001)

χ²(2) = 5.81, p = 0.055 (0.127)

χ²(1) = 3.94, p = 0.047 (0.204)

Don’t know

7 (1.1)

9 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Yes

89 (13.5)

122 (6.5)

28 (22.4)

28 (12.8)

21 (26.6)

18 (15.1)

No

564 (85.5)

1748 (93)

97 (77.6)

189 (86.7)

58 (73.4)

101 (84.9)

Diagnosed disease

χ²(1) = 21.32, p < 0.0001 (0.0001)

χ²(1) = 8.01, p = 0.005 (0.023)

χ²(1) = 2.15, p = 0.143 (0.485)

Yes

265 (40.2)

570 (30.3)

60 (48)

71 (32.6)

34 (43)

39 (32.8)

No

395 (59.9)

1309 (69.7)

65 (52)

147 (67.4)

45 (57)

80 (67.2)

  1. Pairwise comparisons using Pearson’s Chi-square test are reported. Percentages (%) displayed refer to column percentages. P values adjusted for multiple comparisons are shown between parenthesis. Estimates in bold are statistically significant at 0.05 level.