Table 1.

Pain in female patients with fibromyalgia and female population controls: mean scores and 95% confidence intervals

Mc Gill Pain Questionnaire	Fibromyalgia N = 42	Controls N = 48	ANOVA F-value	Probability p*
Evaluative pain	4.7 (3.8–5.5)	2.5 (1.7–3.2)	15.26	<0.001
Affective pain	19.1 (16.1–22.1)	7.3 (4.3–10.4)	30–73	<0.001
Sensoric pain	38.7 (33.0–44.3)	17.2 (11.8–22.6)	30.50	<0.001
Total pain	62.4 (54.0–70.8)	27.0 (18.4–35.6)	34.61	<0.001