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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for all the measured variables (n = 172)

From: Children and adolescents with primary headaches exhibit altered sensory profiles – a multi-modal investigation

 

Migraine (n = 80)

Tension-type headache (n = 23)

Healthy controls (n = 69)

Skewness (n = 172)

Mean

SD

Median

Min

Max

Mean

SD

Median

Min

Max

Mean

SD

Median

Min

Max

Age

13.54

2.91

14

6

17

13.22

3.01

14

8

17

12.52

3.09

13

6

17

− 0.55

PedMIDAS

35.12

32.57

28.5

2

180

43.65

36.44

29

4

125

0.64

1.92

0

0

11.5

1.99

QST MDT C

0.19

0.04

0.18

0.18

0.38

0.2

0.04

0.18

0.18

0.29

0.27

0.53

0.18

0.13

4.59

15.56

QST MDT T

0.18

0.01

0.18

0.18

0.28

0.18

0.01

0.18

0.18

0.22

0.18

0

0.18

0.18

0.2

5.63

QST MPT C

19.84

24.69

8

5.66

157.59

36.75

44.19

14.93

6.06

181.02

31.19

42.43

17.15

5.66

294.07

3.81

QST MPT T

21.84

25.81

10.56

5.66

103.97

38.01

47.43

9.85

5.66

168.9

27.94

59.82

13

5.66

388.02

5.1

QST MPS C

0.17

0.06

0.18

0.03

0.26

0.15

0.07

0.15

0.04

0.27

0.12

0.06

0.12

0.01

0.26

− 0.12

QST MPS T

0.17

0.06

0.18

0.02

0.26

0.15

0.07

0.16

0.01

0.28

0.14

0.06

0.14

0.03

0.26

− 0.22

TENS Detection L

3.14

1.21

3

1

7

3.43

0.99

3

2

6

4.78

1.35

5

2

8

0.55

TENS Pain L

10.24

5.19

9

3

32

13.65

8.35

10

4

30

11.87

5.69

10

6

32

1.58

TENS Detection R

2.94

1.06

3

1

5

3.17

1.15

3

1

6

4.51

1.29

4

2

8

0.46

TENS Pain R

10.41

5.61

9

3

28

14.7

10.46

11

4

38

11.35

4.91

10

5

30

1.55

Olfactory threshold

8.53

3.5

9.25

1

15.25

10.04

3.22

11.25

2.25

14.5

6.61

3.48

7.5

1

12.5

− 0.36

Trigeminal threshold

8.62

1.63

9.25

1

10

7.84

2.37

8.5

1

10

9.06

1.22

9.5

4.5

10

-2.48

Odor identification

23.4

2.59

24

11

27

23.26

2.65

24

15

26

23.54

2.36

24

15

28

-1.52

  1. Note. QST – Quantitative Sensory Testing, MDT – Mechanical Detection Threshold, MPT – Mechanical Pain Threshold, MPS – Mechanical Pain Sensitivity, TENS – Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, C – Control area forearm, T – Test area trigeminal V2, L –left side, R – right side, SD – standard deviation