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Table 2 Demographics, headache characteristics and associated symptoms of migraineurs according to anxiety and depression

From: Combination of anxiety and depression is associated with an increased headache frequency in migraineurs: a population-based study

  

Migraine subjects without anxiety or depression, N = 93

Migraine subjects with anxiety alone, N = 28

Migraine subjects with depression alone, N = 9

Migraine with anxiety and depression, N = 17

P-value

Demographics

     
 

Mean age ± SD (years)

40.4 ± 11.4

47.2 ± 14.5

42.1 ± 15.7

44.5 ± 18.4

0.131

 

Women, N (%)

71 (75.5)

21 (77.8)

7 (77.8)

13 (76.5)

0.995

Headache characteristics

     
 

Unilateral pain, N (%)

57 (60.6)

15 (53.6)

4 (44.4)

7 (41.2)

0.409

 

Pulsating quality, N (%)

72 (76.6)

21 (77.8)

7 (77.8)

12 (70.6)

0.950

 

Moderate-to-severe severity, N (%)

72 (75.8)

22 (81.5)

8 (88.9)

17 (100.0)

0.119

 

Aggravation by movement, N (%)

60 (63.8)

21 (77.8)

5 (55.6)

15 (88.2)

0.121

Associated symptoms

     
 

Nausea, N (%)

84 (88.4)

23 (82.1)

9 (100.0)

15 (88.2)

0.544

 

Vomiting, N (%)

33 (34.7)

15 (53.6)

3 (33.3)

8 (47.1)

0.288

 

Photophobia, N (%)

55 (57.9)

19 (70.4)

1 (11.1)

11 (64.7)

0.017

 

Phonophobia, N (%)

63 (67.0)

21 (77.8)

6 (66.7)

13 (76.5)

0.668

 

Osmophobia, N (%)

42 (44.7)

13 (48.1)

4 (44.4)

9 (46.3)

0.930