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Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of healthy controls (HC), migraine without aura patients scanned between attacks (MO) and chronic migraineurs (CM). Data are expressed as the mean ± SD

From: Patients with chronic migraine without history of medication overuse are characterized by a peculiar white matter fiber bundle profile

Characteristics

HC

(n = 18)

MO

(n = 19)

CM

(n = 18)

Female (n)

11

13

11

Age (years)

28.4 ± 4.1

31.9 ± 2.1

31.5 ± 10.1

Duration of migraine history (years)

 

14.2 ± 6.7

14.8 ± 12.8

Attack frequency/month for MO and Headache days/month for CM (n)

 

3.2 ± 2.1

23.0 ± 7.3

Migraine days/month for CM (n)

  

14.9 ± 6.3

Days from the last migraine attack for MO (n)

  

21.0 ± 18.3

Severity of headache attacks (0–10 VAS score)

 

7.5 ± 0.8

7.4 ± 0.6

Number of acute medication intake/month (n)

 

2.8 ± 3.1

2.1 ± 0.4