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Table 1 Demographic data and headache features

From: Differences in central facilitation between episodic and chronic migraineurs in nociceptive-specific trigeminal pathways

 

EM

CM

Control

P-value

 

n = 38

n = 30

n = 40

Age (years)

40.95 ± 10.00

43.07 ± 11.09

43.73 ± 11.75

NS

Frequency (days/month)

4.81 ± 3.30

20.03 ± 4.39

-

0.00

Duration (hours/day)

14.71 ± 8.44

16.00 ± 8.46

-

NS

Intensity (NRS: 0–10)

7.74 ± 1.91

7.96 ± 1.67

-

NS

Disease duration (years)

9.93 ± 9.06

14.13 ± 10.00

-

0.07

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  2. CM chronic migraine, EM episodic migraine, NS not significant, NRS numeric rating scale