Table 1 Demographic and characteristics of migraine subjects

Age (years)

   average ± SD, range

32.0 ± 9.0, 19–48

Males/females

2/14

Occupation

   office worker

8/16

   part-timer

5/16

   housewife/part-timer

3/16

Duration of disease (months)

   average ± SD, range

115.4 ± 78.1, 12–264

Frequency of attacks (number of attacks per month)

   average ± SD, range

5.3 ± 2.7, 2–10

Pain characteristics

   With aura

8/16

   Pulsating

15/16

   Photophobia

14/16

   Phonophobia

14/16

Family history (+)

4/16

Headache VAS score

   average ± SD, range

7.8 ± 10.7, 0–40

Having a mood disorder

4/16 (major depression 4)

Having a anxiety disorder

2/16 (panic disorder 2)