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Table 2 CPT values and serum proteins levels in healthy individuals and MOH patients

From: Exploration of candidate serum biomarkers potentially related to the chronic pain condition in Medication–overuse headache

 

Controls

MOH patients

P-value

Mean CPT (g)

96.0 ± 41.0

46.4 ± 27.7

<  0.00001**

L-PGDS (ng/ml)

188.7 ± 39.2

219.2 ± 58.2

0.0038**

VDBP (μg/ml)

343.7 ± 95.3

289.5 ± 88.7

0.0058**

APOE (μg/ml)

72.5 ± 17.3

63.9 ± 13.3

0.0042**

APOA1 (μg/ml)

46.9 ± 17.5

49.8 ± 23.7

0.546NS

  1. CPT values and serum protein concentrations are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD).Independent t test (patients vs. controls): statistical significance **: p < 0.01, NS: not significant