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. 2020 May 19;11:435. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00435

Table 3.

Subgroup analyses of efficacy and safety outcomes.

Efficacy Safety
Mean monthly headache days, baseline to week 12 Mean monthly migraine days, baseline to week 12 At least one adverse event At least one adverse event related to trial regimen At least one serious adverse event
MD, 95% CI P-value MD, 95% CI P-value RR, 95% CI P-value RR, 95% CI P-value RR, 95% CI P-value
Dose regimens
Monthly −2.85 (−4.32, 1.38) 0.0001 −2.27 (−3.52, −1.01) 0.0004 1.22 (1.01, 1.47) 0.04 1.36 (1.12, 1.65) 0.002 0.70 (0.33, 1.47) 0.35
Quarterly −2.55 (−4.02, −1.08) 0.0007 −2.00 (−3.17, −0.83) 0.0008 1.34 (1.11, 1.62) 0.002 1.30 (1.07, 1.58) 0.007 0.47 (0.20, 1.09) 0.08
Subgroup differences P = 0.78 P = 0.86 P = 0.48 P = 0.74 P = 0.48
Types of migraine
CM −1.99 (−2.55, −1.43) 0.0001 −2.43 (−3.70, −1.17) 0.0002 1.12 (1.03, 1.21) 0.01 1.37 (0.91, 2.06) 0.13 0.93 (0.36, 2.37) 0.87
EM −1.90 (−2.88, −0.92 0.0001 −2.36 (−3.55, −1.17) 0.0001 1.08 (0.89, 1.31) 0.44 1.25 (1.07, 1.47) 0.005 1.58 (0.06, 41.14) 0.78
Subgroup differences P = 0.88 P = 0.93 P = 0.75 P = 0.69 P = 0.76
Preventive medications
No more than 2 used −1.97 (−2.45, −1.48) 0.0001 −1.77 (−2.29, −1.25) 0.0001 1.12 (1.04, 1.20) 0.003 1.23 (1.11, 1.36) 0.0001 0.94 (0.35, 2.53) 0.91
2–4 used −3.40 (−4.18, −2.62) 0.0001 −3.30 (−4.08, −2.52) 0.0001 1.04 (0.90, 1.21) 0.58 1.02 (0.76, 1.36) 0.91 0.75 (0.21, 2.63) 0.65
Subgroup differences P = 0.002 P = 0.001 P = 0.42 P = 0.22 P = 0.78