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Published in final edited form as: Rheumatol Int. 2013 Apr 4;33(9):10.1007/s00296-013-2725-0. doi: 10.1007/s00296-013-2725-0

Table 2.

Characteristics of study participants

	Healthy (n = 14)	Total (n = 15)	FMS
	Healthy (n = 14)	Total (n = 15)	NFR-R (n = 8)	NFR-NR (n = 7)
Age (years)	41.93 (11.46)	47.07 (12.10)	47.63 (16.46)	46.43 (4.96)
BMI (kg/m²)	25.84 (3.94)	26.99 (5.39)	24.53 (5.56)	29.80 (3.79)
MAP (mmHg)	83.29 (11.05)	90.73 (9.37)	88.58 (10.07)	93.19 (8.58)
HR (bpm)	69.79 (7.47)^*	79.07 (11.91)	77.88 (15.09)	80.43 (7.83)
PT (mA)	0.78 (0.29)	0.79 (0.51)	0.75 (0.43)	0.83 (0.62)
NFRT (mA)	14.82 (7.90)	–	11.88 (4.67)	–
NFRT/PT	20.90 (10.51)	–	18.84 (9.45)	–
Highest stimulus intensity (mA)	17.21 (7.34)	23.13 (11.27)	14.25 (4.46)^††	33.29 (6.90)

Numbers are group mean (SD)

NFR-R Nociceptive flexion reflex responders, NFR-NR NFR nonresponders, BMI body mass index, MAP mean arterial pressure, HR heart rate, PT perceptual threshold, NFRT NFR threshold

Significant difference between FMS Total and Healthy groups (p <0.05)

^††

Significant difference between NFR-R and NFR-NR groups (p <0.01)