Comparison and predictors of chronic migraine vs. new daily persistent headache presenting with a chronic migraine phenotype.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the clinical phenotype of patients with chronic migraine (CM) to patients with new daily persistent headache of the chronic migraine subtype (NDPH-CM).

Methods

A study was conducted of CM (n = 257) and NDPH-CM (n = 76) from a tertiary headache center in the UK, and in the US of patients with daily CM (n = 60) and NDPH-CM (n = 22).

Results

From the UK cohort, the age of first headache onset was lower in CM (mean ± SD: 16 ± 12 years) than in NDPH-CM (mean ± SD: 23 ± 14 years; p < 0.001). There was a greater number of associated migrainous symptoms in CM compared to NDPH-CM (median and interquartile range: 6, 5-8 vs. 5, 4-7; p < 0.001). A family history of headache was more common in CM compared to NDPH-CM (82%, 202/248, vs. 53%, 31/59; p < 0.001). I

SUBMITTER: Nagaraj K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9545870 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature