Table 2.
Cross-sectional fatigue measures, significant correlations at baseline.
| Correlating | Spearman's rho | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| covariates | FSS | Fatigue VAS | FACIT-F | Vitality |
| Age | 0.20* | |||
| Mouth dryness VAS | 0.31** | -0.20* | -0.20* | |
| Pain VAS | 0.32** | 0.25** | -0.48** | -0.31** |
| Schirmer's test | 0.18* | |||
| ANA | -0.19* | |||
| Mental health | -0.19* | 0.32** | 0.24** | |
N was 140 or 141 for the different comparisons. FACIT-F, vitality and mental health are negative scales (higher number means better health). *: P < 0.05; **: P < 0.01. Abbreviations: see Table 1.