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Table 2 Aggression in migraine patients compared with healthy controls

From: Aggression and its association with suicidality in migraine patients: a case-control study

 

Mean ± SD (range)

Migraine patients

EM

CM

Healthy controls

(n = 144)

(n = 88)

(n = 56)

(n = 144)

Overall AQ

48.9 ± 12.6 (31–105)a

45.3 ± 10.3 (31–76)

54.6 ± 13.8 (33–105)b

45.8 ± 8.5 (27–71)

 Physical aggression

13.6 ± 4.2 (9–33)

12.7 ± 3.2 (9–26)

15.2 ± 5.0 (9–33)a

13.6 ± 3.6 (9–25)

 Verbal aggression

9.9 ± 3.2 (5–20)

9.6 ± 3.2 (5–19)

10.3 ± 3.1 (5–20)

9.9 ± 2.7 (5–20)

 Anger

11.6 ± 4.0 (5–24)b

10.3 ± 3.3 (5–22)

13.6 ± 4.3 (6–24)b

10.2 ± 2.6 (5–16)

 Hostility

13.7 ± 5.2 (8–35)b

12.7 ± 4.3 (8–30)

15.4 ± 6.0 (8–35)b

12.2 ± 2.7 (8–22)

  1. EM episodic migraine, CM chronic migraine, AQ Aggression questionnaire
  2. Student’s t-test was conducted for the comparison between migraine patients and controls, aP < 0.05, bP < 0.01