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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 19.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Aug;65(8):1291–1298. doi: 10.1002/acr.21956

Table 2.

Prevalence of Chronic Pain, Neuropathic Pain, Anxiety, Depression and Comorbidity in Seropositive and Seronegative PSS Patients

Variable Seropositive Seronegative Difference (95% CI) p-value

N Mean (sd) or N (%) N Mean (sd) or N (%)
Total 68 40
Patient Reported Outcome
Fatigue 68 48 (70.59%) 40 33 (82.50%) −11.91 (−29.90, 6.07) 0.250
Pain (Moderate to Severe) 68 24 (35.29%) 40 27 (67.50%) −32.21 (−52.62, −11.79) 0.002
Neuropathic Pain 68 25 (36.76%) 40 16 (40.00%) −3.24 (−24.24, 17.77) 0.897
Chronic Pain 65 42 (64.62%) 40 30 (75.00%) −10.38 (−30.16, 9.39) 0.370
Anxiety 68 18 (26.47%) 40 7 (17.50%) 8.97 (−8.78, 26.72) 0.406
Depression 68 9 (13.24%) 40 5 (12.50%) 0.74 (−13.04, 14.51) 1.000
SIQR ≥ 40 59 23 (38.98%) 37 21 (56.76%) −17.77 (−40.21, 4.67) 0.136
History of Comorbidity
Neuropathy 59 19 (32.20%) 37 16 (43.24%) −11.04 (−33.16, 11.08) 0.381
Sleep Disorder 63 19 (30.16%) 35 18 (51.43%) −21.27 (−43.56, 1.02) 0.062
Fibromyalgia 63 11 (17.46%) 40 13 (32.50%) −15.04 (−34.36, 4.28) 0.128
Depression 62 32 (51.61%) 37 18 (48.65%) 2.96 (−19.54, 25.47) 0.938