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Table 5 Individual features of headache accompanying aura

From: Clinical features of migraine with aura: a REFORM study

All migraine with aura with headache (n = 218)

Pain intensity (NRS 0–10)

8.2 (1.4)

Headache duration untreated or unsuccesfully treated (hours)

46.3 (32.1)

Headache duration < 4 h

4 (1.8)

Headache duration 4–24 h

82 (37.6)

Headache duration 24–72 h

106 (48.6)

Headache duration > 72 h

21 (9.6)

Unilateral headache

180 (82.6)

Headache moderate/severe intensity

215 (98.6)

Headache pulsating/throbbing

166 (76.1)

Headache aggravated by physical activity

182 (83.5)

Nausea/vomiting

195 (89.4)

Photophobia

206 (94.5)

Phonophobia

199 (91.3)

Neck pain

125 (57.3)

Dizziness

86 (39.4)

Vertigo

35 (16.1)

Autonomic symptoms

117 (53.9)

Provoking factors

118 (54.1)

Premonitory symptoms

88 (40.4)

Postdromal symptoms

104 (47.7)

Headache fulfills ICHD-3 criteria for 1.1 Migraine without aura

181 (83.0)

  1. Data are mean (SD) or n (%)
  2. Abbreviations: CM Chronic migraine, EM Episodic Migraine, ICHD-3 International Classification of Headache Disorders third edition, NRS Numeric rating scale