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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of healthy controls and patients with NDPH

From: Alterations in regional homogeneity and multiple frequency amplitudes of low-frequency fluctuation in patients with new daily persistent headache: a resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study

 

HCs (n = 30)

NDPH (n = 30)

p-value

Age (years)

37.3 ± 10.8

38.3 ± 22.3

0.826

Male patients, n (%)

15 (50.0)

15 (50.0)

> 0.999

BMI (kg/m2)

22.9 ± 3.1

23.5 ± 4.0

0.491

Pain intensity (VAS)

-

5.0 ± 2.3

-

Disease duration (years)

-

9.9 ± 12.4

-

Headache character, n (%)

 Throbbing

-

6 (20)

-

 Pressing

-

7 (22.3)

-

 Other

-

17 (55.7)

-

Associated headache symptoms, n (%)

 Nausea

-

8 (26.7)

-

 Vomiting

-

3 (10.0)

-

 Photophobia

-

15 (50.0)

-

 Phonophobia

-

18 (60.0)

-

 HIT-6 (36–78)a

-

62.9 ± 10.7

-

 GAD-7 (0–21)a

-

6.8 ± 5.2

-

 PHQ-9 (0–27)a

-

10.2 ± 7.0

-

 PSQI (0–21)a

-

10.3 ± 5.1

-

  1. Abbreviation: NDPH New daily persistent headache, HCs Healthy controls, BMI Body mass index, VAS Visual analogue scale, HIT-6 Headache impact test, GAD-7 Generalized anxiety disorder-7, PHQ-9 Patient health questionnaire-9, PSQI Pittsburgh sleep quality index
  2. a Scales data were obtained from twenty-seven patients with NDPH