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Table 5 Predictors of pain symptoms, according to a multivariate logistic regression model using a forward selection criteria

From: Migraine is comorbid with multiple sclerosis and associated with a more symptomatic MS course

 

Trigeminal neuralgia

Facial pain

Occipital neuralgia

TMJ

Lhermitte’s sign

RLS

Non-facial pains

Allodynia

Daily pain medication

No migraine versus migraine

0.145 (0.041–0.511)

0.197 (0.064–0.608)

0.103 (0.034–0.313)

0.237 (0.084–0.667)

0.211 (0.092–0.486)

 

0.165 (0.074–0.364)

  

No depression versus depression

     

0.296 (0.131–0.666)

 

0.242 (0.095–0.615)

0.192 (0.066–0.522)

  1. Values are OR and 95% CI after forward selection criterion. p ≤ 0.01
  2. Age, gender, disease duration, IFNβ usage, migraine and depression were not significant predictors of painful spasms; age, gender, disease duration and IFNβ usage were not significant predictors of any symptom