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. 2011 Oct 10;4:331–345. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S24170

Table 3.

Pain comorbidities by pain condition cohorts (%)

Pain cohorts Comorbid pain conditions, % Number of pain conditions (mean)

Stroke pain Lumbar radiculopathy Cervical radiculopathy Fibromyalgia Osteoarthritis Low back pain Migraine Rheumatoid arthritis Painful bladder syndrome Interstitial cystitis
Diabetic neuropathy (n = 37,133) 11.66 3.30 1.34 2.27 16.01 13.33 1.00 0.84 1.80 0.08 1.55
Postherpetic neuropathy (n = 3551) 7.69 4.70 1.69 2.76 14.31 14.50 1.72 1.38 1.58 0.20 1.57
Trigeminal neuralgia (n = 3869) 9.25 3.15 2.25 3.36 12.43 11.73 4.73 0.65 2.12 0.28 1.58
HIV-associated pain (n = 371) 8.09 5.12 4.58 20.75 28.57 52.83 14.29 3.23 1.89 0.81 2.50
Multiple sclerosis-associated pain (n = 647) 8.50 10.66 6.80 14.06 38.02 44.82 23.49 5.72 4.95 0.62 2.65
Stroke-associated pain (n = 3087) 100.00 6.96 6.58 6.12 53.29 39.23 21.70 2.88 2.56 0.23 2.49
Lumbar radiculopathy (n = 56,358) 4.77 100.00 5.95 5.02 24.53 46.82 2.56 1.03 1.79 0.23 2.00
Complex regional pain syndrome (n = 1808) 4.59 9.18 6.31 9.62 20.46 24.12 5.59 1.49 1.66 0.39 1.93
Spinal cord injury (n = 331) 5.44 7.85 10.88 8.16 43.81 68.88 2.11 0.91 2.11 0.00 2.58
Surgically-induced pain (n = 1478) 4.33 2.10 1.15 1.56 15.63 9.13 1.96 0.34 1.62 0.27 1.42
Phantom limb pain (n = 205) 12.68 4.88 3.90 5.37 16.1 24.88 0.49 0.49 1.95 . 1.84
Cervical radiculopathy (n = 40,844) 3.50 7.37 100.00 5.62 23.66 17.99 3.38 0.85 1.68 0.17 1.70
Fibromyalgia (n = 75,570) 3.41 4.66 3.26 100.00 17.30 21.78 4.47 2.08 2.22 0.37 1.66
Osteoarthritis (n = 365,086) 6.44 4.78 2.59 3.25 100.00 19.34 1.69 2.12 2.05 0.17 1.48
Low back pain (n = 424,410) 4.19 9.80 2.14 3.96 17.00 100.00 2.71 0.84 2.05 0.20 1.49
Migraine (n = 92,943) 3.08 2.32 2.07 3.86 7.49 13.07 100.00 0.65 1.86 0.30 1.39
Rheumatoid arthritis (n = 40,362) 4.98 2.97 1.38 3.76 20.99 12.82 1.93 100.00 1.66 0.18 1.57
Ankylosing spondylitis (n = 10,050) 3.93 10.31 2.92 6.25 20.38 31.92 2.86 3.24 2.02 0.30 1.89
Psoriatic arthropathy (n = 4795) 2.61 1.84 1.54 2.50 15.95 10.59 1.61 17.08 1.79 0.08 1.60
Cancer pain (n = 28) 3.57 3.57 3.57 3.57 10.71 10.71 3.57 1.39
Irritable bowel syndrome (n = 40,025) 3.02 2.40 1.53 3.58 8.95 12.20 3.59 0.60 2.49 0.45 1.41
Painful bladder syndrome (n = 2870) 1.85 2.13 1.05 2.82 5.96 12.16 3.59 0.66 100.00 12.75 1.48
Interstitial cystitis (n = 5662) 3.29 3.50 1.89 5.05 11.09 14.71 4.29 0.81 10.65 100.00 1.63

Notes: Infrequent comorbid conditions were omitted from the table. Excluded conditions that occurred in <1% of all cohorts included: postherpetic neuropathy, trigeminal neuralgia, HIV, multiple sclerosis, complex regional pain syndrome, spinal cord injury, surgically-induced pain, phantom limb, and cancer pain. Excluded conditions that occurred in >1% in at least one cohort but <5% of any cohort included: diabetic neuropathy, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthropathy, and irritable bowel syndrome.

Abbreviation: HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.