Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of subjects

Information	MOr (n = 38)	MOp (n = 56)	p value
Age (years)	22.1 ± 0.45	21.5 ± 0.43	0.40
Height (cm)	161.4 ± 1.9	159.5 ± 1.81	0.45
Weight (kg)	53.3 ± 1.7	53.8 ± 1.64	0.85
Temperature	36.8 ± 0.08	36.9 ± 0.07	0.21
Blood pressure	109.1 ± 1.3/72.4 ± 1.4	106.6 ± 1.28/71.3 ± 1.33	0.17/0.52
Heart rate	78.1 ± 0.96	77.7 ± 0.91	0.81
Disease duration (mh)	51.1 ± 4.76	61.9 ± 5.58	0.09
Headache days	8.2 ± 1.8	6.1 ± 1.4	0.09
VAS	5.3 ± 0.25	5.7 ± 0.24	0.39
Average duration of a migraine attack (h)	8.2 ± 1.49	7.4 ± 1.42	0.66
SAS	45.1 ± 2.04	43.8 ± 1.94	0.59
SDS	43.5 ± 2.70	44.6 ± 2.57	0.72
MSQ‐emotion	63.3 ± 4.68	63.0 ± 4.45	0.96
MSQ‐function limitation	61.7 ± 3.90	57.9 ± 3.72	0.49
MSQ‐function disorder	69.4 ± 5.05	61.7 ± 4.81	0.29

MOr = migraine without aura, recovering; MOp = migraine without aura, persisting; MSQ = migraine‐specific questionnaire; SAS = self‐rating anxiety scale; SDS = self‐rating depression scale; VAS = visual analogue scale.

Note. Values are mean ± SEM. Data showed the headache activity and mood characteristics before sham acupuncture treatment, for MOr and MOp, respectively. MOp and MOr had similar headache activity at baseline, including migraine duration, attack frequency, pain intensity, and migraine attack duration. Patients also showed similar anxiety and depression characteristics at baseline.

The comparisons of the basic information were performed between MOp and MOr group using two‐sample t test.