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. 2006 Feb;77(2):175–180. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.068726

Table 1 Patient clinical characteristics according to age.

Age (years) p*
<50 50–60 >60
Number of patients 13 (31%) 14 (33%) 15 (36%)
Migraine without 5 (38%) 7 (54%) 5 (36%) 0.72
aura, n (%)
Migraine with aura, n (%) 4 (31%) 3 (27%) 4 (29%) 1.00
Moderate or severe mood disturbances, n (%) 7 (54%) 4 (31%) 4 (29%) 0.38
TIA, n (%) 4 (31%) 5 (38%) 6 (43%) 0.97
Stroke, n (%) 7 (54%) 6 (46%) 9 (64%) 0.74
Seizures, n (%) 1 (8%) 3 (23%) 3 (21%) 0.67
Sphincter disturbances, 0 (0%) 2 (15%) 4 (29%) 0.13
n (%)
Pseudobulbar palsy, n (%) 0 (0%) 3 (23%) 2 (14%) 0.28
Rankin score, mean (SD) 1.0 (1.2) 1.2 (1.2) 2.2 (1.3) 0.037†
Rankin score ⩾3, n (%) 2 (15%) 2 (15%) 7 (50%) 0.079
Patients with dementia 2 (15%) 1 (7%) 9 (60%) 0.0047

*Fisher's exact test except for †Kruskal‐Wallis test.