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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data of migraine patients

From: Failure of preventive treatments in migraine: an observational retrospective study in a tertiary headache center

  

Mean

SEM

95% CI

Post hoc (Bonferroni)

cases

Lower

Upper

 

age

ANOVA

F: 9.08, P < 0.0001

MO

176 M; 471 F

37.49

0.52

36.46

38.51

Vs CM p < 0.001

MA

3 M; 9 F

28.55

3.91

20.86

36.23

Vs CM p 0.005

MO + MA

17 M; 39 F

35.91

1.89

32.20

39.63

Vs CM p 0.009

CM

78 M; 218 F

40.94

0.79

39.40

42.49

 

migraine duration

ANOVA

F: 1.44, P 0.22

MO

 

15.53

0.47

14.62

16.45

n.s.

MA

 

11.27

3.49

4.42

18.12

 

MO + MA

 

16.74

1.69

13.43

20.06

 

CM

 

16.70

0.70

15.32

18.08

 

headache frequency

ANOVA

F: 238.39, P < 0.0001

MO

 

9.61

0.27

9.08

10.13

Vs CM p < 0.001

MA

 

6.82

2.00

2.90

10.74

Vs CM p < 0.001

MO + MA

 

9.24

0.97

7.35

11.14

Vs CM p < 0.001

CM

 

22.26

0.40

21.47

23.05

 

MIDAS

ANOVA

F: 27.93, p < 0.0001

MO

 

25.62

1.70

22.29

28.95

Vs CM p < 0.001

MA

 

18.82

12.68

−6.06

43.70

Vs CM p 0.048

MO + MA

 

20.77

6.13

8.73

32.80

Vs CM p < 0.001

CM

 

52.99

2.55

47.99

58.00

 

headache intensity (0–100 VAS)

ANOVA

F: 4.67, p 0.005

MO

 

8.74

0.05

8.65

8.83

Vs CM p 0.007

MA

 

8.82

0.34

8.14

9.49

 

MO + MA

 

9.09

0.17

8.76

9.41

 

CM

 

9.04

0.07

8.90

9.17

 

Allodynia

F: 0.80, p 0.01

MO

 

2.67

0.08

2.51

2.82

n.s.

MA

 

1.82

0.60

0.64

3.00

 

MO + MA

 

3.15

0.29

2.58

3.72

 

CM

 

3.01

0.12

2.78

3.25

 

SAS

F: 8.57, p < 0.001

MO

 

36.68

0.37

35.97

37.40

Vs CM p < 0.001.

MA

 

35.64

2.75

30.24

41.04

 

MO + MA

 

36.04

1.28

33.53

38.55

Vs CM p 0.035

CM

 

39.88

0.55

38.81

40.95

 

SDS

F: 11.2, p < 0.001

MO

 

35.28

0.38

34.52

36.03

Vs CM p < 0.001.

MA

 

30.36

2.90

24.68

36.05

Vs CM: p 0.023

MO + MA

 

34.82

1.35

32.18

37.47

Vs CM p 0.03

CM

 

38.94

0.57

37.82

40.07

 
  1. MO migraine without aura, MA migraine with aura, CM chronic migraine. Frequency: average number of days with headache per month over the 3 months preceding the first visit. SAS Zung anxiety score. SDS Zung depression score. The results of ANOVAs (DF = 3) and post hoc Bonferroni tests are reported