Table 1.

Demographic data in TN patients and controls.

Variables	TN	Controls	p-Value
Patients, n	16	16
Age (years), median (IQR)	66 (55–69)	67 (52–72)	1.00
Sex (female/male), n (%)	7/9 (44/56%)	6/10 (38/63%)	0.72
BMI, median (IQR)	28 (24–31)	28 (24–31)	0.93
Tobacco use, n (%)	4 (25%)	8 (50%)	0.14
Hypertension, n (%)	8 (50%)	9 (56%)	0.72
Cardiovascular morbidity, n (%)	2 (13%)	5 (31%)	0.22
Ischemic heart disease, n (%)	1 (6%)	3 (19%)
Stroke, n (%)	1 (6%)	1 (6%)
Peripheral, n (%)	0 (0%)	1 (6%)
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	0 (0%)	3 (19%)	0.07
Pain other than TN, n (%)	4 (25%)	5 (31%)	0.69
Fibromyalgia, n (%)	1 (6%)	0 (0%)
Osteoarthtritis, n (%)	2 (13%)	2 (13%)
Lower back pain, n (%)	1 (6%)	2 (13%)
Rheumatoid arthritis, n (%)	1 (6%)	1 (6%)
ASA grade			0.83
1, n (%)	2 (13%)	2 (13%)
2, n (%)	13 (81%)	12 (75%)
3, n (%)	1 (6%)	2 (13%)

Lumbar CSF—in TN patients and controls.