Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the recruited patients affected by episodic migraine, chronic migraine, or cluster headache, and their respective healthy controls
| Episodic migraine | Chronic migrainea | Controls (female) | Cluster headache | Controls (male) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n. | 19 | 51 | 31 | 18 | 16 |
| Age (years) | 41,6±16,2 | 51,6±10,9 | 52,1±17,8 | 46,2±15,8 | 58,7±13,8 |
| Menopause | 36% (7/19) | 62% (32/51) | 54% (17/31) | N.A. | N.A. |
| Sampling during migraine/headache attack | 0% | 53% | N.A. | 39% | N.A. |
|
BDI (n.) no/mild/mod./severe |
18 12/4/2 |
49 26/11/7/5 |
N.A. |
18 14/3/0/1 |
N.A. |
|
SAS (n.) low/moderate/severe |
17 14/3/0 |
48 27/18/3 |
N.A. |
18 16/2/0 |
N.A. |
|
HIT-6 (n.) mild/mod./relevant/severe |
18 5/0/0/13 |
49 1/2/2/44 |
N.A. |
18 2/5/3/8 |
N.A. |
|
MIDAS (n.) I→IV (low→severe disability) |
18 2/4/5/7 |
49 4/5/3/37 |
N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
aincluding chronic migraine and medication-overuse headache patients