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Table 1 Characteristics of migraine patients and healthy controls. Values are presented as mean ± SE

From: FGF-21 and GDF-15 are increased in migraine and associated with the severity of migraine-related disability

Characteristics

Control Group (n = 124)

All Migraine (n = 221)

CM (n = 68)

EM (n = 153)

age, years

38.98 ± 1.00

40.50 ± 0.88

45.38 ± 1.77

38.33 ± 0.95

BMI, kg/m2

21.92 ± 0.29

22.11 ± 0.24

22.48 ± 0.40

21.95 ± 0.30

males, n (%)

24 (19.35%)

49 (22.17%)

9 (13.24%)

40 (26.14%)

FGF-21, pg/mL

103.49 ± 9.36

259.53 ± 18.56

313.68 ± 38.33

235.30 ± 20.47

GDF-15, pg/mL

401.63 ± 19.33

944.44 ± 35.55

1022.45 ± 55.06

909.76 ± 44.97

  1. CM Chronic migraine, EM Episodic migraine