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Table 4 Mean (M) and standard deviation (SD) of the percent reduction in migraine frequency for patients with MO: migraine without aura, MA: migraine with aura, and CM: chronic migraine

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

Drugs

Migraine diagnosis

M

(%)

DS

Case number

Beta-blockers

MO

23.31

63.17

36

MO + MA

12.50

17.68

2

CM

56.67

40.60

7

Total

28.02

59.72

45

calcium channel blocker

MO

34.04

40.41

139

MA

56.25

61.87

2

MO + MA

44.40

38.54

9

CM

25.06

29.09

15

Total

34.05

39.51

165

Antidepressants

MO

26.93

43.49

245

MA

20.45

36.63

5

MO + MA

22.09

56.62

17

CM

31.05

32.88

157

Total

28.18

40.37

424

Integrators

MO

25.88

54.23

57

MO + MA

33.33

22.82

4

CM

27.92

24.25

3

Total

26.44

51.59

64

Antiepileptics

MO

18.51

56.06

149

MA

56.59

34.73

5

MO + MA

22.87

58.33

22

CM

29.97

32.88

101

Total

23.70

49.05

276

Sartans

MO

22.35

57.85

21

MO + MA

25.00

35.36

2

CM

16.45

23.65

13

Total

20.37

46.36

36

Total

MO

26.07

48.84

647

MA

41.47

40.24

12

MO + MA

26.54

50.79

56

CM

30.31

32.64

295

Total

27.52

44.75

1011

  1. ANOVA with drugs as a factor: F = 0.47, p = 0.81; with migraine diagnosis as a factor: F = 0.73, p = 0.53; with drugs x migraine diagnosis: F = 0.70, p = 0.73