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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample

From: Abnormalities in resting-state EEG microstates are a vulnerability marker of migraine

 

MwoA patients (n = 61)

HC

(n = 66)

Group comparison

(M ± SD)

(M ± SD)

Age, years

32.79 ± 6.83

31.44 ± 4.63

t(125) = − 1.31, p = 0.20

Gender (F/M)

(50/11)

(50/16)

χ2 = 0.41, p = 0.52

Education, years

15.76 ± 3.16

15.87 ± 3.08

t(125) = − 0.20, p = 0.84

BMI [kg/m2]

21.56 ± 3.02

21.81 ± 2.74

t(125) = 0.50, p = 0.62

MoCA

28.18 ± 1.12

28.50 ± 0.90

t(125) = 1.78, p = 0.08

Duration of migraine, days per month

4.38 ± 3.12

  

History of migraine, years

11.38 ± 6.47

Migraine frequency, times per month

3.15 ± 1.74

Severity of headache (VAS scale)

7.72 ± 1.55

HIT-6

65.85 ± 6.91

  
  1. VAS visual analog scale, with 0 indicating no pain and 10 worst possible pain, BMI body mass index, MoCA the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, HIT-6 the six-item Headache Impact Test, M mean, SD standard deviation, HC healthy controls, MwoA migraine without aura