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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med. 2021 Jan 12;134(6):756–762.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.11.023

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