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Table 1 Sample characteristics

From: The impact of attack frequency and duration on neurocognitive processing in migraine sufferers: evidence from event-related potentials using a modified oddball paradigm

 

Migraine patients

Healthy controls

t/χ2

P

N

25

21

  

Age, years

35.240 ± 11.336

35.286 ± 9.233

− 0.014

0.989

Age range, years

20–58

24–55

  

Gender, male/female

9/16

8/13

0.022

0.883

Education, years

14.320 ± 3.484

14.952 ± 4.488

−0.526

0.602

Migraine frequency, times per month

3.160 ± 2.257

–

–

–

Duration of migraine, Hours

20.320 ± 21.205

–

–

–

History of migraine, Years

8.010 ± 6.522

–

–

–

Headache score, 0–10

5.360 ± 1.091

–

–

–

SAS score

47.520 ± 9.575

35.476 ± 7.481

4.583

0.000***

SDS score

46.440 ± 10.737

35.857 ± 8.785

3.534

0.001**

  1. Data were expressed as mean ± SD
  2. SAS Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, SDS Self-Rating Depression Scale
  3. **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 by Student’s t-test (two-tailed)