Table 2.

Comparison of clinical variables between male patients and female patients with migraine referred by primary care physicians.

Variable	Male	Female	p-value
Age at first visit (mean ± SD, years)	36.02 ± 15.28	39.32 ± 15.06	< 0.001
Time from migraine onset to migraine referral (mean ± SD, years)	13.73 ± 13.28	17.73 ± 14.82	< 0.0001
Prior use of triptans, n (%)	162 (21.6%)	851 (29.4%)	< 0.001
Prior preventive treatment, n (%)	192 (25.7%)	1,004 (34.7%)	< 0.001

Statistical significance assessed using Mann–Whitney U test for continuous variables and Pearson’s chi-square test for categorical variables.