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. 2016 Jun 14;5(1):721. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-2369-0

Table 2.

Pain characteristics/symptoms

Headache (N = 828) n (%) Migraine (N = 206) n (%) p value
Location of pain
 One-sided 195 (23.8 %) 141 (68.4 %) <0.001
 Bilateral 351 (42.9 %) 39 (18.9 %)
 Diffuse, assignment of side not possible 273 (33.3 %) 26 (12.6 %)
 Missing values 9
Pain characteristics
 Throbbing 217 (26.5 %) 145 (71.1 %) <0.001
 Pressing/tightening 595 (72.6 %) 54 (26.5 %)
 Both 7 (0.9 %) 5 (2.5 %)
 Missing values 9 2
Increasing pain during physical strain
 No 383 (47.0 %) 18 (8.8 %) <0.001
 Yes 432 (53.0 %) 187 (91.2 %)
 Missing values 13 1
Nausea/photophobia/phonophobia present?
 No 733 (89.6 %) 9 (4.4 %) <0.001
 Yes 85 (10.4 %) 196 (95.6 %)
 Missing values 10 1