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Table 3 Characteristics of migraine in patients with and without metabolic syndrome

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

 

Migraine patients with metabolic syndrome (n = 13)

Migraine patients without metabolic syndrome (n = 17)

P-value

Attack duration in hours [median (IQR)]

12 (8- 17.5)

12 (7.5–12)

0.259 1

Aura [n (%)]

2 (15.4%)

5 (29.4%)

0.368 2

Autonomic manifestations [n (%)]

1 (7.7%)

1 (5.9%)

0.844 2

Allodynia [n (%)]

5 (38.5%)

4 (23.5%)

0.367 2

MIGSEV Scale [median (IQR)]

Intensity

3 (2- 3.5)

3 (2–3)

0.807 1

Disability

3 (2–3)

3 (2–3)

0.657 1

Tolerability

2 (1.5–2.5)

2 (1- 2.5)

0.82 1

Nausea

2 (1.5- 4)

2 (1–3)

0.529 1

Total score

3 (1.5-3)

2 (1–3)

0.26 1

HIT-6 total score [median (IQR)]

63 (48–64)

59 (47- 62.5)

0.628 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 non-significant