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. 2016 May 11;17:52. doi: 10.1186/s10194-016-0645-6

Table 3.

Pearson correlation coefficients of vasomotor regulation in the migraine group (upper part) and the control group (lower part)

Migraine group
HG CSV SBPOL DBPOL IBPVM BPV
 HG 1 0.17 0.09 0.04 0.17 0.35
p = 0.21 p = 0.48 p = 0.7 p = 0.20 p< 0.01
 CSV 0.17 1 0.29 0.22 0.13 0.38
p = 0.21 p< 0.05 p = 0.089 p = 0.322 p< 0.005
 SBPOL 0.09 0.29 1 0.81 −0.19 −0.01
p =0.48 p <0.05 p< 0.001 p = 0.143 p <0.91
 DBPOL 0.04 0.22 0.81 1 −0.25 0.02
p = 0.74 p = 0.09 p< 0.001 p = 0.05 p = 0.87
 IBPVM 0.17 0.13 −0.19 −0.25 1 0.42
p = 0.2 p = 0.3 p = 0.1 p = 0.05 p< 0.001
 BPV 0.35 0.38 −0.01 0.02 0.42 1
p< 0.01 p< 0.005 p = 0.91 p = 0.87 p< 0.001
Control group
HG CSV SBPOL DBPOL IBPVM BPV
 HG 1 0.14 0.13 0.09 0.19 0.33
p = 0.27 p = 0.30 p = 0.50 p = 0.13 p< 0.01
 CSV 0.14 1 0.25 0.16 0.06 0.42
p = 0.27 p< 0.05 p = 0.23 p = 0.66 p< 0.001
 SBPOL 0.13 0.25 1 0.82 −0.10 −0.02
p = 0.30 p< 0.05 p <0.001 p = 0.415 p = 0.903
 DBPOL 0.09 0.16 0.82 1 −0.13 −0.01
p = 0.50 p = 0.23 p< 0.001 p = 0.31 p = 0.94
 IBPVM 0.19 0.06 −0.10 −0.13 1 0.35
p = 0.13 p = 0.66 p = 0.42 p = 0.31 p< 0.005
 BPV 0.33 0.42 −0.02 −0.01 0.35 1
p< 0.01 p< 0.001 p = 0.903 p = 0.942 p< 0.005

Legend: HG handgrip test, CSV cold-stress vasoconstriction, SBPOL systolic blood pressure orthostatic load, DBPOL diastolic blood pressure orthostatic load, IBPVM increment of mean blood pressure during Valsalva Maneuver, BPV blood pressure variability, significant correlation is highlighted by bold fonts