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. 2016 Jul 1;17(1):62. doi: 10.1186/s10194-016-0655-4

Table 3.

Clinical characteristics and impact of migraine according to excessive daytime sleepiness

Migraine with EDS, N = 28 Migraine without EDS, N = 115 P-value
Headache characteristics
Unilateral pain, N (%) 11 (39.3) 70 (60.9) 0.039
Pulsating quality, N (%) 18 (64.3) 90 (78.3) 0.123
Moderate-to-severe
pain intensity, N (%)
27 (96.4) 88 (76.5) 0.017
Aggravation by
movement, N (%)
23 (82.1) 77 (67.0) 0.116
Nausea, N (%) 23 (82.1) 102 (88.7) 0.349
Vomiting, N (%) 11 (39.3) 44 (38.3) 0.920
Photophobia, N (%) 16 (57.1) 68 (59.1) 0.848
Phonophobia, N (%) 23 (82.1) 78 (67.8) 0.136
Osmophobia, N (%) 14 (50.0) 54 (47.0) 0.722
Headache frequency, mean ± SD 5.1 ± 7.2 3.5 ± 5.9 0.178
VAS for pain intensity, mean ± SD 6.9 ± 1.8 6.0 ± 1.9 0.014
HIT-6 score,
mean ± SD
59.8 ± 10.2 52.5 ± 8.2 <0.001
Anxiety, N (%) 11 (39.3) 32 (27.8) 0.236
Depression, N (%) 12 (42.9) 12 (10.4) <0.001

EDS Excessive daytime sleepiness, VAS Visual Analogue Scale, HIT-6 Headache Impact Test-6