Table 1.
Comparison of relevant data between FM patients and healthy individuals
| Characteristics | Healthy N = 34 |
Fibromyalgia patients N = 34 |
p value | FDR-adjusted p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF-36 * | ||||
| Physical functioning | 100 (70–100) | 50 (1–95) | < 0.001 1 | 0.002 |
| Physical role | 100 (0–100) | 0 (0–100) | < 0.001 1 | 0.002 |
| Bodily pain | 77.5 (22.5–100) | 32.5 (0–100) | < 0.001 1 | 0.002 |
| General health | 70 (25–95) | 25 (5–90) | < 0.001 1 | 0.002 |
| Vitality | 55 (25–85) | 25 (0–100) | < 0.001 1 | 0.002 |
| Social functioning | 75 (0–100) | 50 (0–100) | 0.011 1 | 0.015 |
| Emotional role | 100 (0–100) | 0 (0–100) | < 0.001 1 | 0.002 |
| Mental health | 64 (36–92) | 42 (8–100) | < 0.001 1 | 0.002 |
| BAI* | 9 (0–23) | 19 (3–61) | < 0.001 1 | 0.002 |
| BDI** | 7 ± 4 | 18 ± 9 | < 0.001 2 | 0.002 |
| IPAQ-SF Physical activity level, n(%) | ||||
| Physically Inactive | 22 (64.7%) | 9 (26.5%) | 0.004 3 | 0.007 |
| Low Physical Activity Level | 11(32.4%) | 23 (67.6%) | ||
| Physical Activity Level Sufficient | 1(2.9%) | 2 (5.9%) | ||
| IPAQ-SF Total physical activity* | 2649.5 (0-25830) | 3621 (0-52416) | 0.015 1 | 0.019 |
Note: Values of p < 0.05 were accepted as significant and are marked in bold
Abbreviation: SF-36: 36-Item short form survey, BAI: Beck anxiety inventory, BDI: Beck depression inventory, IPAQ-S: International physical activity questionnaire short form, n: number of participants, FDR: False discovery rate
* Median (minimum-maximum), ** Mean ± SD, 1Mann-Whitney U test,2Student t test
3Fisher’s Exact test