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Table 2 Characteristics of migraine in patients with and without insulin resistance

From: The potential impact of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome on migraine headache characteristics

 

Migraine patients with insulin resistance (n = 14)

Migraine patients without insulin resistance (n = 16)

P-value

Attack duration in hours [median (IQR)]

12 (11–14)

9 (6.5–15)

0.22 1

Aura [n (%)]

3 (21.4%)

4 (25%)

0.818 2

Autonomic manifestations [n (%)]

1 (7.1%)

1 (6.3%)

0.922 2

Allodynia [n (%)]

4 (28.6%)

5 (31.3%)

0.873 2

MIGSEV Scale [median (IQR)]

Intensity

3 (3–4)

2 (2–3)

0.005* 1

Disability

3 (3–3)

2.5 (2–3)

0.12 1

Tolerability

2 (2–3)

2 (1–2)

0.005* 1

Nausea

2.5 (2–4)

2 (1–3)

0.188 1

Total score

3 (2–3)

1.5 (1- 2.75)

0.002* 1

HIT-6 total score [median (IQR)]

63 (58.25–64.25)

55.5 (42- 61.25)

0.018* 1

  1. HIT Headache Impact Test-6, MIGSEV Migraine Severity Scale
  2. 1Mann-Whitney test, 2Chi-squared test
  3. *P-value ≤ 0.05 is considered significant