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Table 1 Age and sex of the considered headache patients and controls

From: Serum levels of N-acetyl-aspartate in migraine and tension-type headache

Main ICHD II group

Headache type

No.

Sex

Age

Migraine

Cod. 1

Migraine without aura cod 1.1

90

F 68

M 31

Mean 37.66

SD 12.84

CI 35.10–40.22

Migraine with aura cod. 1.2

16

F 10

M 6

Mean 33

SD 9.74

CI 24.98–43

Chronic migraine cod. 1.5.1

35

F 28

M 7

Mean 46.62

SD 10.37

CI 42.3–50.95

Tension-type headache

Cod. 2

Chronic tension-type headache cod. 2.3

43

F 27

M 16

Mean 42.76

SD 15.83

CI 33.2–52.33

Episodic frequent tension-type headache cod 2.2

22

F 12

M 10

Mean 36

SD 4.93

CI 33.4–39.58

Controls

 

34

F 23

M 11

Mean 41.47

SD 10.37

CI 27.85–45.08

  1. The Chi-square for sex was not significant, considering both headache groups and types, as well as the ANOVA test with age as variable: for headache group F: 1.21 DF 2 n.s.; for headache type; F: 1.98 DF 5 n.s.