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Table 2 MOH characteristics before drug withdrawal

From: Analysis of risk factors for medication-overuse headache relapse: a clinic-based study in China

Indicators

Case group

Control group

Statistic

P

Medication overuse over time(year)

4.04 ± 1.126

3.37 ± 1.731

t = 2.124

0.037

Headache frequency (days/month)

24.07 ± 4.811

21.76 ± 4.573

t = 2.140

0.035

The degree of headache (VAS)

6 ~ 9 (8)

6 ~ 9 (8)

Z = −1.528

0.127

Duration of each attack (h)

10.15 ± 6.707

7.90 ± 5.473

t = 1.646

0.103

  1. Normal distribution data with‾x ± s, statistics as the t value; Skewed distribution data with poor and median (in parentheses), statistics as the z value.