Table 1 Baseline characteristics of MwoA patients (subjects completed two MRI scans with completed MRI data) in different group and healthy controls.

From: Altered periaqueductal gray resting state functional connectivity in migraine and the modulation effect of treatment

Characteristics

VA1, n = 11

VA2, n = 11

VA3, n = 13

SA, n = 11

WT, n = 16

P value *

MwoA, n = 62

HC, n = 42

P value **

Female n(%)

9 (81.8%)

8 (72.7%)

10 (77.2%)

9 (81.8%)

12 (77.5%)

0.979

48 (77.4%)

34 (81.0%)

0.808

Age (y) Mean (95%CI)

21.73 (20.56; 22.89)

21.18 (19.69; 22.67)

21.00 (19.98; 22.02)

21.18 (20.52; 21.84)

21.38 (20.33; 22.42)

0.889

21.29 (20.85; 21.73)

21.21 (20.93; 21.49)

0.771

Height (cm) Mean (95%CI)

158.00 (153.65; 162.35)

163.45 (158.25; 168.67)

159.69 (155.35; 164.04)

157.00 (154.00; 160.00)

162.63 (157.60; 167.65)

0.163

160.34 (158.40; 162.28)

161.00 (159.23; 162.77)

0.633

Weight (kg) Mean (95%CI)

51.64 (47.22; 56.05)

56.27 (48.61; 63.93)

50.73 (47.94; 53.52)

48.27 (45.91; 50.64)

53.94 (48.58; 59.29)

0.164

52.27 (50.19; 54.34)

50.98 (49.12; 52.84)

0.382

Duration (mo) Mean (95%CI)

62.91 (43.91; 81.84)

68.91 (39.88; 97.93)

67.38 (45.44; 89.33)

58.00 (39.94; 76.06)

73.31 (53.15; 93.47)

0.843

–

–

–

Headache intensity Mean (95%CI)

5.45 (4.54; 6.37)

5.32 (4.68; 5.96)

5.69 (5.12; 6.26)

5.18 (4.19; 6.17)

5.66 (5.16; 6.15)

0.765

–

–

–

Headache frequency Mean (95%CI)

5.91 (3.88; 7.93)

7.45 (5.03; 9.88)

5.54 (3.35; 7.72)

6.45 (4.34; 8.57)

4.31 (2.91; 5.71)

0.152

–

–

–

SAS score Mean (95%CI)

45.05 (39.72; 50.37)

45.27 (39.71; 50.83)

46.75 (40.50; 53.00)

45.68 (40.35; 51.01)

46.81 (41.52; 52.11)

0.980

–

–

–

SDS score Mean (95%CI)

42.41 (34.55; 50.27)

50.86 (45.14; 56.59)

43.90 (36.43; 51.38)

44.27 (37.41; 51.14)

47.34 (42.48; 52.21)

0.326

–

–

–

  1. HC, healthy controls; MwoA, migraine without aura; VA, verum acupuncture; SA, sham acupuncture group; SAS, self-rating anxiety scale; SDS, self-rating depression scale; WT, waiting-list; *, χ2 test was applied for gender comparison, one-way ANOVA was applied for the rest comparisions, among VA1, VA2, VA3, SA and WT groups; **, χ2 test was applied for gender comparison, two-sample t test was applied for the rest comparisions, between MwoA and HC.