TABLE 1.
Demographics and clinical characteristics of healthy controls and migraine patients.
| Demographics | Healthy controls (n = 10) | Migraine (n = 20) | P-valuea |
| Age–year | |||
| Mean (SD)b | 32.60 (3.95) | 32.00 (4.31) | 0.7151 |
| Median (IQR) | 33.00 (29.00–35.00) | 32.00 (30.00–35.25) | |
| Range | 23.00–39.00 | 26.00–39.00 | |
| Sex–no. (%) | |||
| Femalec | 10 (100.00) | 20 (100.00) | 1.00 |
| Education–no. (%) | |||
| Above/below bachelor levelc | 7 (70.00)/3 (30.00) | 16 (80.00)/4 (20.00) | 0.5416 |
| Marriage–no. (%) | |||
| Married/singlec | 9 (90.00)/1 (10.00) | 17 (85.00)/3 (15.00) | 0.7041 |
| Duration of migraine diagnosis at baseline–year, mean (SD) | NA | 13.70 (7.55) | NA |
| Accompanying symptoms–no. (%) | |||
| Nausea or vomiting | NA | 17 (85.00) | NA |
| Photophobia or phonophobia | NA | 15 (75.00) | NA |
| Use of acute pain medication–no. (%) | NA | 7 (35.00) | NA |
aAll tests were two-sided. Statistical significance was set at P < 0.05.
bAnalyzed using independent samples t-test.
cAnalyzed using Chi-square test. SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; no. (%), number; NA, not applicable.