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Table 1 Baseline headache status stability stratified on waves of study participation

From: Fluctuations in episodic and chronic migraine status over the course of 1 year: implications for diagnosis, treatment and clinical trial design

Waves participated

Number of waves baseline headache status maintained

EM at Baseline, n (%)a; n = 15,313

CM at Baseline, n (%)a; n = 1476

Respondents participating in 1 wave only (EM, n = 4801; CM, n = 474)

1

1

4801 (100)

474 (100)

Respondents participating in any 2 waves (EM, n = 2839; CM, n = 270)

2

1

99 (3.5)

159 (58.9)

2

2

2740 (96.5)

111 (41.1)

Respondents participating in any 3 waves (EM, n = 2209; CM, n = 206)

3

1

29 (1.3)

98 (47.6)

3

2

98 (4.4)

53 (25.7)

3

3

2082 (94.3)

55 (26.7)

Respondents participating in any 4 waves (EM, n = 2161; CM, n = 206)

4

1

12 (0.6)

87 (42.9)

4

2

31 (1.4)

34 (16.7)

4

3

106 (4.9)

34 (16.7)

4

4

2012 (93.1)

48 (23.6)

Respondents participating all 5 waves (EM, n = 3303; CM, n = 323)

5

1

21 (0.6)

101 (31.3)

5

2

35 (1.1)

43 (13.3)

5

3

46 (1.4)

32 (9.9)

5

4

165 (5)

55 (17)

5

5

3036 (91.9)

92 (28.5)

  1. CM chronic migraine, EM episodic migraine
  2. aPercentages are the percentages of the respondents participating in the identified number of waves