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Table 6 The onset of sentinel headache before stroke in relation to the time of stroke or headaches during seven days before admission of the control group

From: Diagnostic criteria for acute headache attributed to ischemic stroke and for sentinel headache before ischemic stroke

The time/day of development of headache

Hours before stroke/admission of controls

1 day before stroke/admission of controls

2 days before stroke/admission of controls

3 days before stroke/admission of controls

4 days before stroke/admission of controls

5 days before stroke/admission of controls

6 days before stroke/admission of controls

7 days before stroke/admission of controls

Total

A new type of headache (n=27)

10 (0)

5 (0)

8 (0)

3 (0)

1 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

27(0)

Headache with altered characteristic (n=54)

13 (0)

6 (1)

7 (1)

1 (0)

4 (0)

7 (0)

6 (0)

10 (0)

54(2)

The previous headache without changes (n=13)

2 (1)

5 (3)

3 (2)

2 (2)

1 (2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

13(10)