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Table 1 Demographics and baseline characteristics, working status of study population, migraine type and history

From: Swiss QUality of life and healthcare impact Assessment in a Real-world Erenumab treated migraine population (SQUARE study): interim results

Characteristics

N = 172

Age, mean (SD)

44.2 (13.9)

Sex, n (%)

 Women

146 (84.9)

Working status, n (%)

 Part-time employed

61 (35.5)

 Full-time employed

54 (31.4)

 Retired

14 (8.1)

 Sick leave/disability insurance

11 (6.4)

 In education/military service/civilian service

5 (2.9)

Monthly migraine days, mean (SD)

16.6 (7.2)

Monthly acute medication days, mean (SD)

11.6 (7.0)

Migraine history of patients initiating erenumab, mean (SD)

Male

Female

 Years with headache

33.2 (21.9)

27.3 (14.1)

 Years since diagnosis

14.7 (14.4)

19.2 (14.7)

Type of migraine according to ICHD-3, n (%)

 Episodic migraine (EM)

92 (53.8)

  Low frequency EM (LFEM), 4–7 MMD

6 (3.5)

  High frequency EM (HFEM), 8–14 MMD

86 (50.3)

  Chronic migraine (CM)

79 (46.2)

  1. A combination of different migraine types was possible
  2. Abbreviations: CM Chronic migraine, EM Episodic migraine, HFEM High frequency episodic migraine, ICHD-3 International Classification of Headache Disorders, LFEM Low frequency episodic migraine, MMD Monthly migraine days, SD Standard deviation