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Table 1 Demographics and clinical profiles of CH patients and controls

From: Sphenopalatine ganglion volumetry in episodic cluster headache: from symptom laterality to cranial autonomic symptoms

Demographics

CH patients

(n = 80)

Non-headache healthy

controls (n = 40)

p value*

Females (n, %)

15 (18.8)

8 (20)

0.870

Age, mean (SD), years of age

39.50 (9.76)

36.15 (11.57)

0.121

Smokers (n, %)

26/80 (32.5)

13/40 (32.5)

1

Headache laterality (right/left)

46/34

N/A

N/A

Duration of disease, mean (SD), years

15.59 (10.14)

N/A

N/A

Attack duration, mean (SD), hour

2.28 (2.87)

N/A

N/A

Attacks per day in bout, mean (SD)

2.01 (1.80)

N/A

N/A

Number of CASs (range 0–5), mean (SD)

3.48 (1.13)

N/A

N/A

Presence of restlessness or agitation

54 (67.5%)

N/A

N/A

  1. *Differences between continuous variables were analyzed by t-test, and the differences between categorical variables were analyzed by the chi-square test; p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant