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Table 3 Correlations between macronutrients and micronutrients intake and frequency, intensity of migraine attacks, and IBS severity scoring system

From: The potential impact of nutritional intake on symptoms severity in patients with comorbid migraine and irritable bowel syndrome

 

Frequency of migraine attacks / month

VAS

IBS severity scoring system

(r) coef.

P- value

(r) coef.

P- value

(r) coef.

P- value

K Calories

−0.169

0.093

−0.057

0.575

0.028

0.780

Proteins

−0.165

0.101

−0.039

0.703

0.002

0.985

Fats

0.393

< 0.001*

0.387

< 0.001*

0.327

0.001*

Fibers

−0.294

0.003*

−0.139

0.170

−0.380

< 0.001*

Carbohydrates

−0.116

0.249

−0.050

0.621

0.044

0.661

Sodium

0.425

< 0.001*

0.525

< 0.001*

−0.073

0.472

Potassium

−0.009

0.925

0.050

0.619

0.036

0.722

Calcium

0.062

0.540

0.124

0.218

0.000

0.999

Phosphorus

−0.142

0.160

0.062

0.539

−0.052

0.608

Magnesium

−0.075

0.461

−0.002

0.981

0.173

0.085

Iron

−0.133

0.187

0.000

0.999

−0.028

0.781

Zinc

−0.677

< 0.001*

−0.442

< 0.001*

− 0.220

0.028*

Copper

0.283

0.004*

0.088

0.385

0.706

< 0.001*

Vitamine A

0.021

0.837

0.072

0.072

−0.075

0.455

Vitamine C

−0.204

0.046*

−0.084

0.416

−0.026

0.799

Vitamine B1

−0.083

0.411

0.024

0.809

−0.020

0.841

Vitamine B2

−0.055

0.584

0.040

0.690

0.030

0.770

  1. IBS Irritable bowel syndrome, VAS Visual analogue scale
  2. *P-value ≤0.05 is considered significant