Table 3.

Relation between high sensitivity C-reactive protein and cerebral white matter hyperintensities on magnetic resonance imaging in migraine patients and control subjects*

Parameter		All participants (n = 432)		Control subjects (n = 216)		Migraine patients (n = 216)
		r	P ≤ †	r	P ≤ †	R	P ≤†
WMHs		0.155	.001	0.165	0.015	0.024	NS
Juxtacortical WMHs		0.062	NS	-	-	-0.003	NS
Juxtacortical WMHs	Frontal	0.101	0.036	-	-	0.077	NS
	Parietal	-0.003	NS	-	-	-0.068	NS
	Temporal	-0.007	NS	-	-	-0.037	NS
Subcortical WMHs		0.148	0.002	0.165	.015	0.018	NS
Subcortical WMHs	Frontal	0.132	0.006	0.145	.033	0.008	NS
	Parietal	0.110	0.022	0.095	NS	0.031	NS
	Temporal	0.075	NS	-	-	0.041	NS
	Occipital	0.049	NS	-	-	0.036	NS
Periventricular WMHs		0.074	NS	-	-	0.054	NS
Periventricular WMHs Anterior		0.074	NS	-	-	0.054	NS

*Data reported as correlation coefficient r between hs-CRP and parameter. Abbreviation: WMHs white matter hyperintensities.

^†NS, not significant (P > .05).