Table 5.
Effect of randomized treatment assignment to vitamin D and BASELINE statin use on migraine frequency and severity among those with a history of migraine (N=1022).
| Change in migraine frequency | |||||||
| Decrease in frequency | No Change | Increase in frequency | p-value for trend | ||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Placebo + no statin use | 227 | 68.0 | 69 | 20.7 | 38 | 11.4 | |
| Statin use only | 117 | 69.2 | 34 | 20.1 | 18 | 10.7 | 0.99 |
| Vitamin D only | 238 | 70.4 | 72 | 21.3 | 28 | 8.3 | 0.22 |
| Vitamin D + statin use | 121 | 66.9 | 39 | 21.6 | 21 | 11.6 | 0.47 |
| Change in migraine severity | |||||||
| Decrease in severity | No Change | Increase in severity | p-value for trend | ||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Placebo + no statin use | 215 | 64.4 | 93 | 27.8 | 26 | 7.8 | |
| Statin use only | 112 | 66.3 | 45 | 26.6 | 12 | 7.1 | 0.76 |
| Vitamin D only | 216 | 63.9 | 101 | 29.9 | 21 | 6.2 | 0.96 |
| Vitamin D + statin use | 117 | 64.6 | 54 | 29.8 | 10 | 5.5 | 0.76 |