Table 1 Association between clinical variables and the condition of having suffered of at least one migraine with prolonged aura out of three attacks: univariate analysis.
Clinical variable | All patients (n=54) | Patients without prolonged aura | Patients with at least one prolonged aura | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | ||||
Female Male | 45 (83.3) 9 (16.7) | 32 (80.0) 8 (20.0) | 13 (92.9) 1 (7.1) | 0.487 |
Age, years (SD) | 39.6 (14.5) | 41.2 (14.4) | 34.8 (14.0) | 0.153 |
Age at MwA onset, years (SD), n=52 | 23.4 (11.5) | 24.2 (12.2) | 21.3 (9.1) | 0.571 |
Frequency of MwA, attacks/year (SD) | 23.9 (27.6) | 24.1 (29.6) | 23.3 (22.0) | 0.866 |
Duration of MwA, years (SD), n=52 | 15.6 (12.7) | 17.1 (12.6) | 11.3 (12.3) | 0.079 |
Aura with headache | ||||
on 3/3 attacks on 0/3 attacks on 1/3 or 2/3 attacks | 46 (85.2) 3 (5.6) 5 (9.3) | 32 (80.0) 3 (7.5) 5 (12.5) | 14 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0) | 0.193 |
Co-occurrence of MwoA n=53 | ||||
No Yes | 15 (28.3) 38 (71.7) | 10 (25.6) 29 (74.4) | 5 (35.7) 9 (64.3) | 0.710 |
Age at MwoA onset, years (SD), n=38 | 17.8 (8.6) | 18.3 (8.7) | 16.2 (8.6) | 0.327 |
Frequency of MwoA attacks/month (SD), n=38 | 5.2 (5.3) | 5.4 (5.7) | 4.6 (1.4) | 0.904 |
Co-occurrence of tension type headache | ||||
No Yes | 46 (85.2) 8 (14.8) | 36 (90.0) 4 (10.0) | 10 (71.4) 4 (28.6) | 0.213 |
Familiarity for aura, n=52 | ||||
No Yes | 40 (76.9) 12 (23.1) | 28 (73.7) 10 (26.3) | 12 (85.7) 2 (14.3) | 0.588 |
Preventive prophylaxis, n=53 | ||||
No Yes | 33 (62.3) 20 (37.7) | 26 (66.7) 13 (33.3) | 7 (50.0) 7 (50.0) | 0.434 |
White Matter Changes at MRI, n=45 | ||||
No Yes | 34 (75.6) 11 (24.4) | 23 (71.9) 9 (28.1) | 11 (84.6) 2 (15.4) | 0.604 |