Table 1. Characteristics of migraine patients according to use of TCM and non-used.

Variable	Migraine patients				P-value
	TCM
	No (n = 1402)		Yes (n = 1402)
	n	%	n	%
Sex					0.99*
Female	695	49.57	695	49.57
Male	707	50.43	707	50.43
Age group					0.99*
20–29	165	11.77	165	11.77
30–39	229	16.33	229	16.33
40–49	307	21.9	307	21.9
50–59	259	18.47	259	18.47
60–69	191	13.62	191	13.62
70–79	200	14.27	200	14.27
More than 80	51	3.64	51	3.64
Mean ± Standard Deviation ( years)	51.32 (16.61)		51.20 (16.57)		< .0001a
Co-morbidity
Diabetes mellitus	212	15.12	253	18.05	0.0374*
Hypertension	565	40.3	532	37.95	0.2016*
Coronary artery disease	219	15.62	246	17.55	0.1704*
Head injury	59	4.21	83	5.92	0.0387*
Depression	92	6.56	119	8.49	0.0532*
Hyperlipidemia	295	21.04	385	27.46	< 0.0001*
Stroke	276	19.69	287	20.47	0.6041*
Mental disorders	1	0.07	1	0.07	0.99¶
Chronic kidney disease	26	1.85	39	2.78	0.1028*
Renal dialysis	1	0.07	1	0.07	0.99¶
Duration between migraine date and index, days (mean, median)	983 (695)		953 (663)
Follow time (mean, median)	5.56 (4.91)		7.00 (6.31)

^*Chi-square test; ^at-test; ^¶Fisher’s exact test.