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Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics of migraine patients versus non-migraine controls

From: Excess abdominal fat is associated with cutaneous allodynia in individuals with migraine: a prospective cohort study

Variables

Non-migraine controls (n = 39)

Migraineurs (n = 80)

p-value a

Age (years)

41 ± 10

39 ± 10

0.56

Female (%)

79.5%

81.2%

0.82 b

Height (m)

1.70 ± 0.10

1.65 ± 0.09

0.84

Weight (kg)

70.0 ± 16.0

64.3 ± 11.7

0.07

BMI (kg/m2)

25.5 ± 4.6

23.7 ± 3.5

0.05

Body composition – ViScan abdominal fat

29.8 ± 12.2

34.4 ± 8.3

0.09

Body fat percentage

32.4 ± 10.5

31.9 ± 8.7

0.54 b

  1. BMI body mass index
  2. aTwo-tailed independent samples, Student’s t/Mann–Whitney U tests
  3. bChi-squared test