Thickness  millimeter

 

Control patients

 

Total
[Male +female] bone thickness
N=104

 

Tension headache

 

Total
[Male +female] bone thickness
N=105

P value between  totals of both groups

 

Male
N=55

 

Female
N=49

 

Male
N=46

 

Female
N=59

Occipital bone
mean [standard deviation ]

1.0121
[0.25219]

0.92250
[0.28955]

0.95714
[0.27575]

1.2100
[0.26437

1.0125
[0.23278]

1.1042
[0.25761

The two-tailed P value is less than 0.0001

t = 3.9844
df = 207

Temporal bone
mean [standard deviation ]

0.6000
[0.17638]

0.4750
[0.067566]

0.53750
[0.13934]

0.72424
[0.29158]

 

0.4750[0.067566]

0.72540
[0.28623]

The two-tailed P value is less than 0.0001

t = 6.0247
df = 207

P valueOccipital /temporal bone

 

P value is less than 0.0001

 

P value is less than 0.0001

 

Mean of Age

49.939

41.881

46.047

52.400

52.400

49.250

 

N = number of patients t = t test df = degree of freedom
Table 1: The mean and standard deviation of occipital and temporal bone thickness in the tension headache group and control groups.