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Table 1 Demographic data and headache parameters for all three groups.

From: Hypervigilance or avoidance of trigger related cues in migraineurs? - A case-control study using the emotional stroop task

 

Group

 

Co

EM

FM

n

20

17

16

female

90.5%

85%

100%

age (M, SD)

39.8 (10.5)

41.35 (11.87)

43.4 (13.3)

migraine duration in years (M, SD)

no headaches

22 (12)

27 (15)

migraine attacks per month (M, SD)

no headaches

1.7 (1.2)

6.4 (2.7)

headache days per month (M, SD)

no headaches

4.5 (2.2)

17.2 (6.37)

prophylaxis - betablockers a

5%

35%

16%

triggers b

no headaches

  

   stress

 

85%

81%

   hormones

 

30%

44%

   weather

 

50%

75%

   visual triggers

 

5%

50%

   sleep problems

 

55%

56%

  1. Co: healthy controls; EM: episodic migraine patients; FM: frequent migraine patients.
  2. a Most frequently named trigger factors of a list of 20.