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. 2021 Jan 28;11:2467. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-82080-z

Table 3.

Clinical characteristics of probable migraine and migraine according to the presence of cutaneous allodynia.

PM Migraine
PM with CA, N = 42 PM without CA, N = 247 p-value Migraine with CA, N = 20 Migraine without CA, N = 105 p-value
Headache frequency per month 3.3 ± 4.3 1.8 ± 3.6 0.017 5.6 ± 8.4 2.1 ± 3.5 0.857
Headache intensity (Visual Analogue Scale) 6.0 (4.0–7.0)* 5.0 (3.0–6.0)* 0.002 7.0 (6.0–7.0)* 6.0 (5.0–7.0)* 0.033
Attack duration (hours) 2.2 ± 0.9 1.5 ± 1.1  < 0.001 9.1 ± 7.8 7.6 ± 6.6
Unilateral pain 19 (45.2) 145 (58.6) 0.097 14 (70.0) 73 (69.5) 0.937
Aggravation by movement 27 (64.3) 86 (34.8)  < 0.001 11 (55.0) 48 (45.7) 0.501
Pulsating quality 31 (73.8) 197 (86.4) 0.337 15 (75.0) 87 (82.8) 0.547
Nausea 38 (90.5) 230 (93.1) 0.467 19 (95.0) 93 (88.6) 0.448
Vomiting 19 (45.2) 117 (47.4) 0.828 12 (60.0) 44 (41.9) 0.168
Photophobia 25 (59.5) 67 (27.1) 0.017 8 (40.0) 37 (35.2) 0.755
Phonophobia 29 (69.0) 112 (45.3) 0.007 11 (55.0) 55 (52.4) 0.917
Osmophobia 21 (50.0) 95 (38.5) 0.202 7 (35.0) 41 (39.0) 0.624
Depression (PHQ-9 score) ≥ 10 22 (52.4) 40 (16.2)  < 0.001 7 (35.0) 17 (16.2) 0.047
PHQ-9 score 11.1 ± 5.5 7.8 ± 3.5 0.150 8.6 ± 4.9 7.9 ± 3.7 0.520
Anxiety (GAD-7 score) ≥ 7 14 (33.3) 13 (5.3)  < 0.001 9 (45.0) 11 (10.5)  < 0.001
GAD-7 score 4.7 ± 5.0 2.0 ± 2.6 0.312 6.6 ± 5.4 2.2 ± 2.8  < 0.001
HIT-6 score 56.3 ± 7.2 48.3 ± 8.0  < 0.001 61.5 ± 9.2 51.4 ± 7.9  < 0.001
MIDAS score 1.0 (0.0–10.0)* 0.0 (0.0–1.0)* 0.029 5.0 (2.0–13.8)* 0.0 (0.0–2.0)*  < 0.001
Body mass index 23.1 ± 2.4 23.0 ± 2.6 0.625 22.7 ± 2.5 22.8 ± 2.5 0.116

PM: probable migraine, CA: cutaneous allodynia, MIDAS: migraine disability assessment, HIT-6: Headache Impact Test-6, PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9, GAD-7: Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7.

*Median and interquartile range.

Compared using linear regression analyses with age and sex (year, continuous) adjustment.