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.