Table 3 Statistical comparisons, between patients with episodic migraine (EM) and healthy controls (HC), of anthropometric, clinical, and psychiatric variables, for Experiments 1 and 2
| Â | Experiment 1 | Experiment 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | HC | EM | p | HC | EM | p |
N | 27 | 18 | Â | 29 | 19 | Â |
Gender (% of females) | 100.0 | 100.0 | Â | 82.8 | 84.2 | 1.00 |
Age (years old) | 21.8 ± 2.03 | 22.8 ± 1.89 | 0.10 | 39.2 ± 8.84 | 40.9 ± 8.68 | 0.53 |
STAI-State (score) | 12.2 ± 6.20 | 11.1 ± 5.90 | 0.53 | 5.0 [7.50] | 11.0 [6.00] | 0.002* |
STAI-Trait (score) | 20.4 ± 6.73 | 21.1 ± 7.96 | 0.76 | 12.0 [7.00] | 19.0 [7.50] | 0.001* |
BDI-II (score) | 2.0 [5.00] | 3.0 [3.00] | 0.90 | 2.0 [6.00] | 6.0 [4.50] | 0.003* |
ASRS (score) | 1.0 [3.00] | 1.0 [2.00] | 0.79 | 1.0 [2.00] | 1.0 [2.00] | 0.80 |
Migraine frequency (headache days/month) | NA | 5.1 ± 3.24 |  | NA | 12.7 ± 4.03 |  |
MIDAS (score) | NA | 7.0 [8.75] |  | NA | 52.3 ± 27.89 |  |
HIT-6 (score) | NA | 54.1 ± 5.99 |  | NA | 62.1 ± 5.67 |  |
MSQ (score) | NA | 30.4 [11.60] |  | NA | 53.0 ± 14.13 |  |
Accompanying symptoms of headache (% of participants) | Â | Â | ||||
   Aura | NA | 31.6 |  | NA | 26.3 |  |
   Subjective presence of photophobia | NA | 52.6 |  | NA |  |  |
   Subjective presence of phonophobia | NA | 52.6 |  | NA |  |  |
   Nausea/vomiting | NA | 31.6 |  | NA |  |  |
SPQ Total (score) | 116.1 ± 18.3 | 108.9 ± 17.0 | 0.20 | 110.3 ± 23.2 | 106.5 ± 23.3 | 0.58 |
SPQ Vision (score) | 31.4 ± 5.08 | 27.4 ± 4.36 | 0.01* | 30.5 ± 4.96 | 26.2 ± 4.05 | 0.003* |
SPQ Motion (score) | 7.7 ± 1.80 | 7.2 ± 1.99 | 0.46 | 7.0 [1.00] | 7.0 [2.50] | 0.36 |
SPQ Brightness (score) | 6.0 ± 1.74 | 4.6 ± 1.77 | 0.02* | 5.0 [2.00] | 4.0 [3.00] | 0.01* |
SPQ Color (score) | 6.0 [1.50] | 5.0 [3.00] | 0.03* | 5.0 [2.00] | 5.0 [1.00] | 0.19 |
SPQ Acuity (score) | 21.0 ± 2.92 | 10.0 [2.00] | 0.09 | 12.0 [3.00] | 10.0 [2.50] | 0.01* |