From: Metabolic profile changes in serum of migraine patients detected using 1H-NMR spectroscopy
Variable | Lifetime migraine patients (N = 289) | Controls (N = 1360) | p-value | Active migraine patientsb (N = 150) | p-value |
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Age (years) | 46.5 ± 12.1 | 48.7 ± 14.5 | 0.013c* | 44.0 ± 11.4 | < 0.001c* |
Female sex (%) | 220 (76.1) | 673 (49.5) | < 0.001d* | 124 (82.7) | < 0.001d* |
BMI | 26.9 ± 5.0 | 26.8 ± 4.6 | 0.934c | 26.3 ± 4.9 | 0.219c |
Smokinga (yes) (%) | 129 (44.9) | 481 (36.0) | 0.006d* | 71 (47.3) | 0.008d* |
MO patients | 163 (56.4) | – | – | 77 (51.3) | – |