Table 4.
Comparison of physician-diagnosed GI disorders in patients with migraine and TTH subtypes.
| Diagnosis of GI disorder | MWA (N = 19) |
MOAa (N = 132) |
CM (N = 17) |
ETTHa (N = 155) |
CTTH (N = 13) |
p-Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| GERD | 3 | 15.79 | 36 | 27.27 | 6 | 35.29 | 17 | 10.97 | 3 | 23.08 | 0.0085 |
| Gastritis | 9 | 47.37 | 68 | 51.52 | 8 | 47.06 | 98 | 63.23 | 5 | 38.46 | |
| Gastric ulcer | 5 | 26.32 | 13 | 9.85 | 2 | 11.76 | 16 | 10.32 | 4 | 30.77 | |
| IBS | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 2.27 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1.94 | 1 | 7.69 | |
| FGID | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 4.55 | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | 10.97 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Etc. | 2 | 10.53 | 6 | 4.55 | 1 | 5.88 | 4 | 2.58 | 0 | 0.00 | |
GI, gastrointestinal; TTH, tension-type headache; MWA, migraine with aura; MOA, migraine without aura; CM, chronic migraine; ETTH, episodic TTH; CTTH, chronic TTH; GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disorder; IBS, irritable bowel syndrome; FGID, functional gastrointestinal disorder.
aSignificant differences between the migraine without aura and episodic TTH groups by multiple comparisons using Bonferroni correction (p = 0.0418).