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Table 1 Summary of the Study Populations

From: White matter hyperintensities and cerebral microbleeds in persistent post-traumatic headache attributed to mild traumatic brain injury: a magnetic resonance imaging study

Variable

Participants with Persistent Post-Traumatic Headache

(n = 97)

Healthy Controls

(n = 96)

Z-scores

P Values

Age, mean (SD), y

35.8 (11.6)

35.9 (11.4)

0.07

0.95

Male/Female, n

17/80

17/79

-

1.00

Height, mean (SD), cm

171.6 (8.0)

171.2 (8.8)

0.59

0.55

Weight, mean (SD), kg

72.4 (14.5)

71.7 (14.2)

0.59

0.56

BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2

24.5 (4.2)

24.4 (3.7)

0.53

0.59

WMHs,

 Mean (SD)

2.7 (7.1)

2.1 (3.9)

0.56

0.58

 No WMHs, n (%)

54 (55.7)

48 (50.0)

 

-

  ≥ 1 WMH, n (%)

43 (44.3)

48 (50.0)

 

0.47

  ≥ 2 WMHs, n (%)

30 (30.9)

34 (35.1)

 

-

  ≥ 3 WMHs, n (%)

20 (20.6)

20 (20.8)

 

-

CMBs,

 Mean (SD)

0.03 (0.2)

0.04 (0.2)

0.02

0.98

 No CMBs, n (%)

94 (96.9)

93 (96.9)

 

-

  ≥ 1 CMB, n (%)

3 (3.1)

3 (3.1)

 

1.00

 2 CMBs, n (%)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.0)

 

-

  1. SD Standard deviation, BMI Body Mass Index, WMH White matter hyperintensities, CMB Cerebral microbleeds