Variable | PROLONGED AURAS (PA) | NON-PA | Sig. |
---|---|---|---|
Number | 38 | 178 | Â |
Visual symptoms (VS) | 37 (97) | 175 (98) | 0.69 |
 • DVP | 19 (50) | 77 (43) | 0.44 |
 • Positive | 23 (60) | 119 (67) | 0.45 |
 • Negative | 12 (31) | 70 (39) | 0.37 |
 • Number of elementary visual disturbance^ per aura | 1.97 (1.05) | 1.94 (0.93) | 0.83 |
Sensory symptoms (SS) | 26 (68) | 49 (27) | <0.0001 |
Dysphasic symptoms (DS) | 12 (31) | 10 (7) | <0.0001 |
Number of symptoms (VS, SS, DS)/aura | Â | Â | <0.0001 |
 • 1 | 10 (26) | 127 (71) |  |
 • 2 | 19 (50) | 46 (26) | |
 • 3 | 9 (23) | 5 (3) | |
Time relation between aura symptoms in one aura | Â | Â | 0.28 |
 • B* starts simultaneously with A* | 11 (42) | 14 (27) |  |
 • B starts during A | 11 (42) | 18 (37) | |
 • B starts when A ceased | 2 (8) | 5 (10) | |
 • B starts after an interval of time after A has ceased | 2 (8) | 12 (24) | |
Headache | 38 (100) | 159 (83) | 0.10 |
 • Started before/together with Aura (n=157) | 7 (22) | 27 (21) | 0.88 |
 • Intensity (n=192) | 2.3 (0.8) | 2.2 (0.8) | 0.59 |
 • Unilateral pain (n=192) | 27 (75) | 100 (64) | 0.21 |
 • Throbbing pain (n=187) | 17 (47) | 71 (47) | 0.98 |
 • Pain aggravated by physical activity (n=189) | 27 (73) | 98 (65) | 0.32 |
 • Associated symptom: nausea (n=192) | 23 (62) | 101 (65) | 0.73 |
 • Associated symptom: vomiting (n=189) | 8 (23) | 25 (16) | 0.35 |
 • Associated symptom: photophobia (n=192) | 29 (78) | 126 (81) | 0.68 |
 • Associated symptom: phonophobia (n=191) | 23 (62) | 99 (64) | 0.81 |
 • Associated symptom: osmophobia (n=189) | 6 (43) | 53 (34) | 0.31 |