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Table 4 Comparison of clinical characteristics in patients with and without insulin resistance (HOMA-IR >1.775)

From: Metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in migraine

Parameters

Insulin resistance

Insulin resistance

p value

Present

Absent

N = 10 (11.1%)

N = 80 (88.9%)

Age (years)

33.0 ± 9.04

31.39 ± 10.98

0.66

Female

8 (80%)

62 (77.5%)

1.00

Urban/rural

6/4

45/35

0.81

Education (years)

11.0 ± 3.86

10.05 ± 5.06

0.57

Migraine with aura

0(%)

6 (7.5%)

0.37

Duration (years)

9.98 ± 6.30

8.40 ± 7.48

0.52

Total no. of triggers

10.9 ± 3.45

11.15 ± 2.54

0.78

Fasting

7 (70%)

59 (73.8%)

0.72

Hunger

7 (70%)

59 (73.8%)

0.72

Onset to peak

28.0 ± 13.78

27.00 ± 17.73

0.86

Severity of headache

3.00 ± 00

2.95 ± 0.27

0.56

Severity of functional impairment

3.10 ± 0.88

3.16 ± 0.63

0.78

Frequency/months

16.00 ± 12.27

13.53 ± 10.7

0.50

Duration attack (days)

2.42 ± 0.66

1.90 ± 0.78

0.04

Rescue analgesics/months

17.10 ± 14.43

12.39 ± 9.77

0.18

Allodynia

9 (90%)

69 (86.3%)

1.00

Family history of headache

6 (60%)

31 (38.6%)

0.31

Migraine index (MI)

35.40 ± 25.97

31.46 ± 25.98

0.65

Corrected MI (MIc)

75.26 ± 42.07

52.65 ± 43.01

0.12

No. of metabolic parameters abnormality (metabolic syndrome)

3.70 ± 1.16

1.48 ± 0.98

<0.0001