Table 1.

Characteristics of the sample study: differences in age, gender, and body mass index adjusted for age between the group of children affected by migraine without aura and controls

	MoA (n = 218)	Controls (n = 405)	P
Age	8.32 ± 2.06	8.54 ± 2.47	0.262
Gender ratio (M/F)	112/106	207/198	0.983
z-BMI	0.49 ± 0.21	0.52 ± 0.23	0.106

Notes: The t-test and Chi-square test were applied as appropriate; P < 0.05 were considered to be statistically significant.

Abbreviations: MoA, migraine without aura; z-BMI, body mass index adjusted for age.