Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of healthy volunteers (HV), the total group of migraine with aura patients (MAtot) and its subgroups with pure visual aura (MA) or visual aura associated with paraesthesia and/or dysphasia (MA+). Data are expressed as means ± SD
Characteristics HV (n = 30) MAtot (n = 47) MA (n = 27) MA+ (n = 20)
Women (n) 18 32 17 15
Age (years) 33.4 ± 13.4 31.8 ± 9.3 31.7 ± 9.4 32.5 ± 9.5
Duration of migraine history (years) 16.1 ± 9.9 15.3 ± 9.5 17.0 ± 10.5
Attack frequency/month (n) 2.5 ± 2.6 2.1 ± 2.2 2.9 ± 3.0
Attack duration (hours) 28.8 ± 25.4 29.9 ± 27.2 27.4 ± 23.3
Days since the last migraine attack 17.5 ± 16.1 15.3 ± 16.4 20.6 ± 15.9