Modulation of temporal and occipital cortex by acupuncture in non-menstrual MWoA patients: a rest BOLD fMRI study

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants

Data	Group 1 (n = 50)	Group 2 (n = 50)	P-value
Age (year)	28.36 ± 3.61 (18–33)	27.60 ± 3.02 (18–32)	0.26^a
Education (year)	15.85 ± 2.72 (5–19)	16.63 ± 2.43 (5–19)	0.29^a
Disease duration (year)	1.20 ± 8.19 (1–10)	NA	/
Frequency per month (times)	1.46 ± 2.55 (1–4)	NA	/
SF-MPQ score (TP1)	19.55 ± 7.55	NA	<0.025^b
SF-MPQ score (TP2)	9.44 ± 4.85	NA
SF-MPQ change	0.52 ± 0.35	NA
MIDAS score (TP1)	14.28 ± 8.90	NA	<0.025^b
MIDAS score (TP2)	6.50 ± 4.95	NA
MIDAS change	0.54 ± 0.44	NA

Data were expressed as mean ± SD (range). Group 1: Non-menstrual migraine patients. Group 2: healthy controls
NA = not applicable. Education: different types of education were transformed into the years of education: Primary school ≥ 5 years, Middle school ≥ 6 years, Undergraduate ≥ 4 years, Postgraduate ≥ 3 years. The disease duration of the migraine patients ranged from 1 year to 24 years. Frequency per month (times): The frequency of migraine attacks during the past 4 weeks. SF-MPQ: The Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire. MIDAS: The Migraine Disability Assessment Scale. TP1: Time Point 1, migraine patients and healthy controls received first fMRI scans at baseline. Meanwhile, migraine patients received SF-MPQ & MIDAS assessments before acupuncture. TP2: Time Point 2, migraine patients received second fMRI scans and SF-MPQ & MIDAS assessments after the end of all acupuncture sessions
^aIndependent-sample t test
^bThe SF-MPQ and MIDAS scores of Group 1 before and after acupuncture treatment was compared by paired t test

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