Headache in transient ischemic attacks

Table 4 Headache in patients during 1 week before TIA (n = 120) and during last week before interview in controls (n = 192)

Type of headache	Previous headache without changes in patients with TIA	Previous headache without changes in controls	Р, ОR (95% CI)	Previous headache with changes in patients with TIA	Previous headache with changes in controls	Р, ОR (95% CI)	New type of headache in patients with TIA	Р, ОR (95% CI)
Migraine without aura^a	2(1.6%)	0 (0%)	0.07	4 (3.3%)	0	0.01	2 (1.6%)	0.07
Migraine with aura^a	0	0	–	0	0	–	1 (0.8%)	0.2
TTH^a	2 (1.6%)	10 (5.2%)	0.1	12 (10%)	2 (1.0%)	0.0002	2 (1.6%)	0.01
Cluster headache	0	0	–	0	0	–	0	–
Thunderclap headache	N/A^b	N/A	–	N/A		–	1 (0.8%)	0.2
All headaches	4 (3.3%)	10 (5.2%)	0.4	16 (13.3%)	2 (1.0%)	0.00001	6 (5%)	0.0003

^aHere and in the Table 5: migraine with and without aura with changes of characteristics and tension type headache with changes of characteristics as well as migraine with and without aura or tension type headache as a new type of headache were defined as migraine-like headache and tension type-like headache respectively in the text of the article because they were probably attributed to TIA
^bHere and in the Table 5: N/A not applicable

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