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Table 1 Demographic and clinical data

From: Interictal quantitative EEG in migraine: a blinded controlled study

 

Migraine (n = 33)

Migraine with attack asymmetry (n = 27)

Controls (n = 31)

Women/men

30/3

25/2

28/3

MwoA/MA

27/6

21/6

 

Age (years)

36.5 (12.7)

37.7 (12.9)

40.0 (11.4)

Days from last menstruation

11.0 (9.3)

11.4 (9.3)

10.2 (9.7)

Headache history (years)

19.3 (11.0)

20.6 (10.3)

 

Headache days last 3 months

6.2 (4.0)

5.9 (4.2)

 

Headache intensity (0–4)

2.4 (0.7)

2.5 (0.6)

 

Headache duration (h)

17.8 (22.0)

18.5 (22.9)

 

Photophobia (0–2)

1.4 (0.7)

1.4 (0.7)

 

Phonophobia (0–2)

1.1 (0.8)

1.3 (0.7)

 

EEG epochs

16.6 (2.2)

16.8 (2.2)

15.7 (1.6)

Percent drowsiness

7 (13)

7 (13)

5 (12)

Eye blinks

2.2 (3.9)

2.2 (4.3)

2.0 (2.8)

Alfa persistence (0–5)

3.8 (1.6)

4.0 (1.5)

3.8 (1.4)

  1. MA migraine with aura, MwoA migraine without aura. Eye blinks per minute. Alfa persistence regularity of typical occipital alpha rhythm scored on a six-level scale. Epochs number of 4-s artefact-free EEG epochs included in the spectral analysis