Characteristic | 24 months medical follow-up | Surgical treatment < 24 months after 1st outpatient visit | p-value |
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N (%) 95% Cl mean | N (%) 95% Cl mean | Â | |
Demographics | |||
 Total number of patients | 103 (67) | 50 (33) |  |
 Women | 72 (70) 60–78 | 28 (56) 21–34 | 0.13a |
 Current age | 57.2 54.3–60.1 | 61.8 57.8–65.8 | 0.069b |
 Age at onset, mean, years | 52.5 49.7–55.3 | 54.0 49.8–58.2 | 0.58b |
 Disease duration, mean, years | 4.4 3.4–5.5 | 6.2 4.7–7.8 | 0.10b |
Clinical characteristics | |||
 Right-sided pain | 60 (58) 49–68 | 26 (52) 37–66 | 0.42a |
 Bilateral pain | 8 (7) 3–15 | 0 (0) n/a | 0.055c |
 Concomitant persistent pain | 55 (53) 43–63 | 26 (52) 37–66 | 0.87a |
Localization of pain | |||
 V1 | 3 (3) 0–9 | 1 (2) 0–10 | 1.00c |
 V2 | 19 (18) 2–26 | 6 (12) 5–24 | 0.44a |
 V3 | 20 (19) 13–28 | 15 (30) 19–44 | 0.21a |
 V1+  2 | 9 (9) 5–16 | 5 (10) 4–22 | 0.80a |
 V2 +  3 | 37 (36) 27–46 | 15 (30) 17–45 | 0.59a |
 V1+  2+  3 | 15 (15) 9–23 | 8 (16) 8–29 | 0.82a |
Comorbidities | |||
 Hypertension | 32 (31) 22–40 | 15 (30) 17–45 | 0.89a |
 Other chronic pain conditions | 11 (11) 6–17 | 9 (18) 9–31 | 0.17a |
 Depression and/or anxiety | 15 (15) 8–23 | 7 (14) 6–29 | 0.89a |
 Cardiovascular disease | 8 (7) 4–14 | 8 (16) 7–29 | 0.20a |
 Tension type headache, migraine or cluster headache | 24 (22) 15–31 | 7 (14) 6–29 | 0.26a |