The Ethical Statement

The Institutional Review Board at College of Medicine, Alnahrain

University-Baghdad/Iraq had approved this study according to Helsinki
regulations. After elucidating the study objectives and obtaining written
informed consent from all participants, baseline characteristics, and
clinical data of participants were collected by interviewing using the
study questionnaire, as follows:

Study Questionnaire

Name of the patient : Age :

 Gender : male ( ) , female ( )

 Address : Urban ( ) , Rural ( )

Headache Characteristics

 Patient Status at Presentation : Headache Phase ( ) , Interictal

Phase ( )

 Age of onset :

 Type of Headache : Migraine ( ), Throbbing ( ) , Tension ( ) ,

Thunder Clap ( ) , Cluster ( )

 Presence of Visual spectra : Scotoma ( ), Zigzag lines ( ),

Flashing lights ( ), None ( )
  Photophobia ( ), Phonophobia ( ), Nausea ( ), Relief on
Vomiting ( ) , Midnight Awaking ( )

 Location : Bifrontal ( ) , Unilateral ( )

 Frequency of migraine attacks (attacks no. per month) :

 Intensity : mild ( ) , moderate ( ) , sever ( )

 Duration : 3-24 hours ( ) , >24 hours ( )

Medical and Drug History

 Medical history: Diabetes Mellitus ( ), Hypertension ( ) , Stroke

or transient ischemic attach ( ) , space occupying lesion ( )
Cardiovascular disease ( ) , Sickle Anemia ( ) , ENT problems (
) , Cervical Osteoarthritis ( ) , Head Trauma ( ) , refractive
Disorder ( ) , Pregnancy ( ) , Oral Contraceptive Drugs ( )

 Drug history: Triptans ( ) , Ergots ( ), NSAIDs ( ) , ACE

inhibitors ( ) , Nitric Oxide Containing Drugs ( )

 Family history ( ) , Degree of relative(s) involved :

Anthropometrics

 Weight of the patient (Kg) : Height (m) : BMI

(kg/m2) :
 FBS (mg/dl) : BP (mm/Hg) :

 Relaxed Brachial Artery diameter (mm) :

 Post deflated Brachial Artery diameter (mm) :

 Intima Media Thickness (mm) :

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