Migraine and restless legs syndrome: current perspectives

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Table 1 Studies about migraine and RLS, 2003–2014

Study	Year	N (patients)	RLS in migraine (%)	RLS in controls (%)	P-value/OR
Young et al^Citation11	2003	50	41 (82)	17 (34)	P<0.001
Rhode et al^Citation12	2007	411	71 (17.3)	23 (5.6)	P<0.001
D’Onofrio et al^Citation13	2008	200	44 (22.4)	16 (8.3)	P<0.002
Cologno et al^Citation15	2008	164	164 (100)	41 (25.3)	P<0.001
Chen et al^Citation14	2009	1,041	772 (74.1)	118 (11.4)	P<0.002
Ferreira et al	2013	72	18 (25)	5 (8)	P<0.01
Winter et al^Citation16	2013	22,926	2,816 (12.3)	1,717 (7.5)	OR =1.20 (1.04–1.38)
Schurks et al^Citation17	2012	31,370	6,857 (21.9)	996 (14.5)	OR =1.22 (1.13–1.32)
Zanigni et al^Citation18	2014	1,567	20 (12.6)	139 (9.6)	OR =1.79 (1.00–3.19) P=0.049
Fernandez-Matarrubia et al^Citation20	2014	47	25 (53.2)*	47 (100)**	P=0.19
Gozubatik-Celik et al^Citation19	2014	265	40 (15.1)*	265 (100)**	***

Notes:

* Migraine in RLS patients;

** all have RLS;

*** not described.

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; RLS, restless legs syndrome.

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