Implication of High Body Fat Percentage on Migraine Chronification in Premenopausal Females

Table 1

Depicts the association of age, BMI, high fat mass, and OCP use with chronic migraine.

Characteristics	Episodic migraine	Chronic migraine	-value
	n = 106 mean ± SD or number (%)	n = 62 mean ± SD or number (%)
Age (years)	33.4 ± 8.5	33.2 ± 7.1	0.907
BMI	23.5 ± 4.3	25.0 ± 4.1	0.030
Body fat (%)	32.4 ± 6.5	34.5 ± 5.8	0.041
Taking OCP	46 (43.4)	32 (51.6)	0.303

n: number of participants; BMI: body mass index; %: percentage; OCP: oral contraceptive pill; significant at .05 level with the independent t-test.