Table Info

Table 6.

Evaluation of migraine frequency, pain severity and days off work according to the presence of an anatomic variant

Characteristics	Right anatomic variant			Left anatomic variant
Characteristics	Absent	Present	P	Absent	Present	P
n	45	71	-	45	40	-
Migraine frequency (days)	10.78 ± 2.97	12.32 ± 3.14	0.013*	10.78 ± 2.97	12.13 ± 3.55	0.001**
Days off work (days)	3.14 ± 0.88	6.16 ± 3.07	0.001**	3.14 ± 0.88	5.13 ± 3.80	0.001**
Pain severity VAS	9.04 ± 1.66	9.55 ± 0.75	0.219	9.04 ± 1.66	10.00 ± 0.00	0.001**

VAS: visual analog scale. Kruskal Wallis test indicates statistically significant differences, *: P < 0.05; **: P < 0.01; -: not applicable

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

Not applicable.

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