Study (First author, year) | Study design | Patients included (n) | % women | Exclusion criteria | Migraine diagnosis | Results |
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Lee, 2008 [36] | CC | Migraine: 92 | 70 | CVD, diabetic retinopathy | ICHD-II | Decreased number and migratory capacity and higher senescence levels of endothelial progenitor cells in migraineurs versus controls |
(MwoA: 67; MwA: 25) | ||||||
Controls: 37 | ||||||
Oterino, 2013 [37] | CC | CM: 51 | 73 | CVD, inflammatory disease, cancer or treatment with antimitogen agents, pregnancy in the last year | ICHD-I | Higher number of activated endothelial progenitor cells in migraineurs |
EM: 48 | ||||||
Controls: 35 | ||||||
Rodriguez-Osorio, 2012 [23] | CC | Migraine : 47 | 98 | CAD, inflammatory disease, obesity, HYP, DM, dyslipidemia, CS, infectious disease, severe systemic disease; ovarium pathology, pregnancy or lactation, use of vasoactive drugs | ICHD-II | Lower endothelial progenitor cell counts in migraineurs |
(MwA:14; MwoA: 33) | ||||||
 |  | Controls: 23 |  |  |  |  |