Table 6.

Attack characteristics of migraineurs

	Women	Men	P value	Total
Number of attacks per month (mean ± SD)	6.0 ± 6d	5.7 ± 6	NSa	5.9 ± 6
Attack duration in hours	39.2 ± 78	24.0 ± 49	0.002a	35.1 ± 72
(mean ± SD)
Headache days per month	6.3 ± 6	6.0 ± 6	NSa	6.2 ± 6
(mean ± SD)
≥15 headache days per month (%)	11.4	9.5	NSb	10.9
Headache severity (%)
Usually mild	5.8	9.5	NSc	6.8
Usually moderate	39.8	36.8		39.0
Usually severe	54.4	53.7		54.2
Limited to one side	52.2d	61.0	0.012b	54.5
Throbbing	83.4	76.6	0.015b	81.6
Increase with activity	93.8	92.6	NSb	93.5
With nausea or vomiting	84.4	71.0	0.000b	80.8
With photophobia	82.7	82.3	NSb	82.5
With phonophobia	85.8	83.5	NSb	85.2
With photo- and phonophobia	77.0	77.1	NSb	77.0
With allodynia	64.1	52.8	0.002b	61.1

^aIn unpaired t test

^bIn Chi-square test

^cIn logistic regression test

^dMean ± SD