Table 2 Main demographic and clinical characteristics of healthy controls and patients affected by migraine without aura. Neither gender distribution (P = 0.2) nor mean age (P = 0.2) significantly differed between patients with migraine and healthy control subjects

N° of Subjects

82

72

N° of Subjects < 12 years

46

42

N° of Subjects ≥ 12 years

36

30

N° F/M

41/41

42/30

Mean Age in years (STD)

10.96 (3.75)

11.73 (3.19)

N° of Subjects presenting MMG < 5

-

42

N° of Subjects presenting MMG ≥ 5

-

30

Migraine Duration per attack

in hours (N° of patients)

-

< 2 h (26), <4 h (27), < 72 h (19)

Months since first attack (n° of patients)

-

< 6 (3), < 12 (12), < 24 (13), < 36 (19), < 72 (25)

Pain Intensity

-

mild (20), moderate (22), severe (30)

N° of Subjects presenting Photophobia

-

50

N° of Subjects presenting Phonophobia

-

53

N° of Subjects presenting Nausea

-

35

N° of Subjects presenting Vomiting

-

16

N° of Subjects presenting familiar cases of migraine

-

None (9), Mother (35), Father (7), Both parents (21)