TABLE 3.
Correlation between complexity of aura and preventive treatment response.
| At 3 months | Simple aura (n = 41) |
Complex aura (n = 4) |
Contingency coefficient | P |
| 30% reduction from baseline of MMDs/MHDs | 28 | 4 | 0.20 | 0.18 |
| 13 | 0 | |||
| 50% reduction from baseline of MMDs/MHDs | 24 | 3 | 0.10 | 0.52 |
| 17 | 1 | |||
| At 6 months | (n = 24) | (n = 4) | ||
| 30% reduction from baseline of MMDs/MHDs | 19 | 3 | 0.04 | 0.85 |
| 5 | 1 | |||
| 50% reduction from baseline of MMDs/MHDs | 15 | 3 | 0.10 | 0.63 |
| 9 | 1 | |||
| At most recent follow-up | (n = 40) | (n = 4) | ||
| 30% reduction from baseline of MMDs/MHDs | 33 | 3 | 0.06 | 0.71 |
| 7 | 1 | |||
| 50% reduction from baseline of MMDs/MHDs | 29 | 3 | 0.02 | 0.92 |
| 11 | 1 |
MIDAS, migraine disability assessment questionnaire; MMDs/MHDs, monthly migraine/headache days; MOH, medication-overuse headache; MSQ, migraine-specific quality of life questionnaire.