Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of MwoA patients (subjects finished the two scans with completed data) in different groups and healthy controls.
| Characteristics | VA1, n=12 | VA2, n=14 | VA3, n=15 | SA, n=13 | WT, n=18 | P value * | MwoA, n=72 | HC, n=46 | P value ** |
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| Female n(%) | 10 (83.3%) | 10 (71.4%) | 12 (80.0%) | 11 (84.6%) | 14 (77.8%) | 0.925 | 57 (79.2%) | 36 (78.3%) | 0.907 |
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| Age (y) | 21.75 | 20.93 | 20.87 | 21.38 | 21.61 | 0.605 | 21.30 | 21.24 | 0.789 |
| Mean (95%CI) | (20.70; 22.80) | (19.74; 22.12) | (19.89; 21.85) | (20.75; 22.02) | (20.54; 22.68) | (20.89; 21.73) | (20.98; 21.50) | ||
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| Height (cm) | 159.0 | 161.93 | 159.1 | 157.9 | 162.3 | 0.390 | 160.22 | 161.11 | 0.493 |
| Mean (95%CI) | (154.50; 163.40) | (157.52; 166.24) | (155.13; 163.01) | (154.84; 161.00) | (157.91; 166.76) | (158.49; 161.96) | (158.49; 161.96) | ||
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| Weight (kg) | 52.50 | 55.21 | 50.17 | 50.23 | 53.95 | 0.375 | 52.49 | 51.13 | 0.335 |
| Mean (95%CI) | (48.09; 56.91) | (49.23; 61.20) | (47.64; 52.70) | (45.96; 54.50) | (49.01; 58.88) | (50.56; 54.42) | (49.33; 52.93) | ||
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| Duration (mo) | 61.67 | 69.57 | 62.27 | 58.69 | 64.73 | 0.140 | - | - | - |
| Mean (95%CI) | (44.38; 78.95) | (56.10; 100.19) | (42.79; 82.54) | (34.29; 64.63) | (58.52; 95.81) | ||||
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| Headache intensity | 5.33 | 5.32 | 5.80 | 5.46 | 5.58 | 0.799 | - | - | - |
| Mean (95%CI) | (4.46; 6.20) | (4.77; 5.87) | (5.20; 6.40) | (4.52; 6.40) | (5.14; 6.03) | ||||
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| Headache frequency | 5.75 | 7.50 | 5.73 | 6.00 | 4.50 | 0.164 | - | - | - |
| Mean (95%CI) | (3.89; 7.61) | (5.61; 9.39) | (3.58; 7.88) | (4.04; 7.96) | (3.07; 5.93) | ||||
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| SAS score | 44.63 | 44.86 | 47.02 | 47.21 | 47.10 | 0.885 | - | - | - |
| Mean (95%CI) | (39.74; 49.51) | (40.36; 49.35) | (41.69; 52.34) | (42.23; 52.20) | (41.92; 52.26) | ||||
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| SDS score | 42.13 | 48.98 | 44.80 | 45.06 | 46.88 | 0.516 | - | - | - |
| Mean (95%CI) | (35.01; 49.24) | (43.97; 53.99) | (38.22; 51.38) | (39.25; 50.86) | (42.01; 51.74) | ||||
HC, healthy controls; MwoA, migraine without aura; VA, verum acupuncture; SA, sham acupuncture group; SAS, self-rating anxiety scale; SDS, self-rating depression scale; WT, waiting list;
*
χ2 test applied for gender comparison, one-way ANOVA applied for the rest comparisons, among VA1, VA2, VA3, SA and WT groups;
**
χ2 test was applied for gender comparison, two-sample t test applied for the rest comparisons, between MwoA and HC.