Table 3 Allodynia as a predictor for reduction in monthly migraine days (MMD) and monthly headache days (MHD)
From: Cutaneous allodynia as predictor for treatment response in chronic migraine: a cohort study
Overall allodynia | Spatial distribution | Type of stimulus | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Difference (95% CI) | p | Difference (95% CI) | p | Difference (95% CI) | p | ||||
Reduction in MMD | |||||||||
Allodynia (no allodynia vs allodynia) | 3.49 | (0.95; 6.02) | 0.007 | ||||||
No allodynia | |||||||||
versus cephalic allodynia | 3.35 | (0.24; 6.45) | 0.035 | ||||||
versus extracephalic allodynia | 4.96 | (1.60; 8.32) | 0.004 | ||||||
No allodynia | |||||||||
versus thermal allodynia only | 2.02 | (-2.19; 6.23) | 0.348 | ||||||
versus mechanical + thermal allodynia | 4.17 | (1.06; 7.27) | 0.009 | ||||||
versus mechanical allodynia only | 5.22 | (0.88; 9.55) | 0.018 | ||||||
Reduction in MHD | |||||||||
Allodynia (no allodynia vs allodynia) | 1.30 | (-1.00; 3.59) | 0.267 | ||||||
No allodynia | |||||||||
versus cephalic allodynia | 2.09 | (-0.74; 4.91) | 0.148 | ||||||
versus extracephalic allodynia | 2.62 | (-0.43; 5.66) | 0.093 | ||||||
No allodynia | |||||||||
versus thermal allodynia only | 2.57 | (-1.24; 6.38) | 0.187 | ||||||
versus mechanical + thermal allodynia | 2.15 | (-0.67; 4.97) | 0.135 | ||||||
versus mechanical allodynia only | 2.61 | (-1.32; 6.54) | 0.192 | ||||||