Table 1

- The type and size of RLS and other clinical features of pain in migraine patients with or without aura.

VariablesMA+(n=134)MA(n=394)P-value
Age35.89±13.7037.05±12.070.317
Sex (Male: Female)43:91113:2800.465
Family history of migraine, n (%)49 (36.57)142 (36.04)0.913
Age of onset25.45±12.9928.04±11.730.032
Yearly frequency of pain21.75±17.4622.73±18.110.585
Duration of pain (hours)13.18±6.3812.11±5.970.078
Degree of pain6.35±1.605.89±1.760.007
Type of RLS, n (%)
Without RLS53 (39.55)183 (46.4)0.201
Latent RLS38 (28.36)127 (21.3) 
Permanent RLS43 (32.09)84 (32.2) 
Size of shunts, n (%)
Without RLS53 (39.55)183 (46.45)0.324
Mild of RLS37 (27.61)113 (28.68) 
Moderate of RLS14 (10.45)32 (8.12) 
Massive of RLS30 (22.39)66 (16.75) 
Photophobia, n (%)37 (27.61)36 (9.14)<0.001
Phonophobia, n (%)34 (25.37)35 (8.88)<0.001

RLS - right-to-left shunt, MA - migraine patients without aura