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. 2025 Apr 22;45(5):115. doi: 10.1007/s00296-025-05871-x

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