Table 3.
Baseline demographics, classifications, and disease characteristics of all, non-responders, responders, super non-responders and super-responders
| All patients | Non responders | Responders | P value | Super non responders | Super responders | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 34.3 (10.9) | 36.5 (13.3) | 32.7 (8.6) | 0.56 (Mann–Whitney) | 42 (13.2) | 30.6 (8.7) | 0.042 (Mann–Whitney) | |
| Sex | Female | 38 (82%) | 16 (84%) | 22 (82%) | 7 (88%) | 10 (91%) | ||
| Male | 8 (18%) | 3 (16%) | 5 (18%) | 1 (Fisher exact) | 1 (12%) | 1 (9%) | 1 (Fisher exact) | |
| Years with migraine | 16.6 (11.2) | 19.2 (13.3) | 14.8 (9.4) | 0.31 (Mann–Whitney) | 28.2 (28) | 15.8 (9.2) | 0.047 (Mann–Whitney) | |
| % migraine days per month | 47.7 (18.4) | 50.7 (22.0) | 45.5 (15.4) | 0.28 (Mann–Whitney) | 51.2 (27.8) | 51.2 (19.9) | 0.93 (Mann–Whitney) | |
| Classification | EM | 27 (58%) | 8 (42%) | 19 (70%) | 4 (50%) | 6 (54%) | ||
| CM | 19 (42%) | 11 (58%) | 8 (30%) | 0.072 (Fisher exact) | 4 (50%) | 5 (46%) | 1 (Fisher exact) | |
| BMI | 25.3 (5.3) | 25.0 (6.0) | 25.5 (4.8) | 0.25 (Mann–Whitney) | 24.3 (7.1) | 24.3 (5.1) | (Mann–Whitney) | |
| MIDAS | little | 3 (7%) | 3 (15%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| mild | 3 (7%) | 2 (10%) | 1 (4%) | 1 (12%) | 0 | |||
| moderate | 8 (17%) | 3 (15%) | 5 (18%) | 2 (25%) | 3 (27%) | |||
| severe | 32 (69%) | 11 (60%) | 21 (78%) | 0.13 (Fisher exact) | 5 (63%) | 8 (73%) | 0.77 (Fisher exact) | |
| Aura (visual, sensory and speech) | 28 (60%) | 13 (68%) | 15 (55%) | 0.54 (Mann–Whitney) | 4 (50%) | 5 (45%) | 1 (Mann–Whitney) |