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Table 2.

Analysis of overall anatomic variants, Lund-Mackay radiology and Lund-Kennedy endoscopy scores according to migraine types

Sinus and nasal evaluation scores		Migraine types		P
Sinus and nasal evaluation scores		Episodic migraine < 15 days (n = 110)	Chronic migraine ≥ 15 days (n = 97)	P
Overall right anatomic variant	Min-Max (median)	0–2 (1)	0–2 (2)	0.001**
Overall right anatomic variant	Mean ± SD	1.05 ± 0.80	1.46 ± 0.68	0.001**
Overall left anatomic variant	Min-Max (median)	0–3 (2)	0–3 (2)	0.002**
Overall left anatomic variant	Mean ± SD	1.34 ± 1.00	1.78 ± 0.91	0.002**
Right Lund-Mackay radiology scores	Min-Max (median)	0–2 (0)	0–6 (0)	0.060
Right Lund-Mackay radiology scores	Mean ± SD	0.43 ± 0.77	1.32 ± 2.24	0.060
Left Lund-Mackay radiology scores	Min-Max (median)	0–1 (0)	0–6 (0)	0.317
Left Lund-Mackay radiology scores	Mean ± SD	0.37 ± 0.49	1.33 ± 2.23	0.317
Right Lund-Kennedy endoscopy scores	Min-Max (median)	1–4 (2)	2–6 (4)	0.001**
Right Lund-Kennedy endoscopy scores	Mean ± SD	1.89 ± 0.81	3.28 ± 1.34	0.001**
Left Lund-Kennedy endoscopy scores	Min-Max (median)	1–4 (2)	2–6 (4)	0.001**
Left Lund-Kennedy endoscopy scores	Mean ± SD	2.09 ± 0.81	3.28 ± 1.34	0.001**

Mann Whitney U test indicates statistically significant differences, **: P < 0.01

Declarations

Author contributions

AV: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. SK: Conceptualization, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. TÇ: Investigation, Writing—review & editing, Validation, Supervision. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Haydarpaşa Numune Educational and Research Hospital Istanbul with the study Identification Number (HNEAH-KAEK 2012/40).

Consent to participate

Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.

Consent to publication

Not applicable.

Availability of data and materials

The data are not publicly available due to government restrictions on patient privacy.

Funding

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