Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients with TN and the healthy controls (HCs).

From: Aberrant static and dynamic functional connectivity of insular cortex in patients with trigeminal neuralgia

Characteristic

TN (N = 40)

HC (N = 30)

P value

Age (y)

57.00 (48.25,61.75)

55.50 (53.00, 61.00)

0.986a

Sex (F/M)

29/11

19/11

0.414b

Education (Y)

9.00 (6.00,12.00)

12.00 (6.00,16.00)

0.136a

Affected side (L/R)

10/30

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/

Duration of pain (years)

5.70 ± 5.78

/

/

VAS score

6.98 ± 1.40

/

/

HAMA score

10.08 ± 5.65

/

/

HAMD score

9.40 ± 5.71

/

/

  1. TN, trigeminal neuralgia; HC, healthy control; VAS, visual analog scale; HAMD, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; HAMA, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale.
  2. Demographic data that follow normal distribution are shown as mean ± standard deviation.
  3. Demographic data of non-normal distribution are shown as a median (quartile spacing).
  4. aP-value was obtained by the Mann–Whitney U test.
  5. bP-value was obtained by the chi-square test.
  6. /: not applicable.
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