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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all 62 participants

From: Medication underuse in real-life practice: the impact of galcanezumab towards achieving very low frequency episodic migraine in a southeast Asian middle-income nation

 

Overall

(N = 62)

Galcanezumab

(N = 31)

OMPM

(N = 31)

P

Age (years)

36.5

(29.0–48.0)

35.5

(28.8–50.4)

37.2

(29.0–45.7)

0.87

Sex

   

0.74

 Female

51 (82%)

26 (84%)

25 (81%)

 

 Male

11 (18%)

5 (16%)

6 (19%)

 

Comorbidities

    

 Depression

14 (23%)

7 (23%)

7 (23%)

> 0.99

 Anxiety

9 (15%)

4 (13%)

5 (16%)

> 0.99

 Myofascial pain syndrome

24 (39%)

12 (39%)

12 (39%)

> 0.99

 Fibromyalgia

3 (5%)

2 (6%)

1 (3%)

> 0.99

 Obstructive sleep apnea

2 (3%)

0 (0%)

2 (6%)

0.49

Headache frequency per month

12.5

(10.0–21.0)

12.0

(8.0–21.0)

15.0

(10.0–22.0)

0.32

MIDAS

27.5

(13.0–60.0)

30.0

(14.0–79.0)

25.0

(13.0–50.0)

0.30

Acute medications at baseline

    

 Acetaminophen

16 (25.8%)

8 (25.8%)

8 (25.8%)

> 0.99

 NSAID

29 (46.8%)

18 (58.1%)

11 (35.5%)

0.08

 Tramadol

2 (3.2%)

1 (3.2%)

1 (3.2%)

> 0.99

 Triptan

14 (22.6%)

5 (16.1%)

9 (29.0%)

0.22

 Ergot

5 (8.1%)

3 (9.7%)

2 (6.5%)

> 0.99

Preventive medications at baseline

    

 Tricyclic antidepressants

18 (29%)

7 (23%)

11 (35%)

0.26

 Beta-blockers

11 (18%)

4 (13%)

7 (23%)

0.32

 Antiseizure medications

9 (15%)

6 (19%)

3 (10%)

0.47

 Calcium-channel blocker

4 (6.5%)

0 (0%)

4 (12.9%)

0.11

Migraine Class

   

> 0.99

 HFEM

29 (47%)

14 (45%)

15 (48%)

 

 CM

33 (53%)

17 (55%)

16 (52%)

 
  1. All continuous variables are displayed as median (IQR)
  2. Abbreviations: CM: chronic migraine; HFEM: high-frequency episodic migraine; MIDAS: Migraine Disability Assessment; OMPM: oral migraine preventive medication