Table 4.
Charlson comorbidity prevalence of the evaluated cohorts during 2011 and univariate odds ratios (ORs) for a fibromyalgia (FM) diagnosis
| Comorbid condition | Patients, n (%)
|
OR (95% CI) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FM (n=4,296) | No-FM (n=583,665) | |||
| Any Charlson comorbidity | 1,758 (40.9) | 158,850 (27.2) | 1.9 (1.7, 2.0) | <0.0001 |
| Myocardial infarction | 103 (2.4) | 11,936 (2.0) | 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) | 0.1133 |
| Congestive heart failure | 169 (3.9) | 17,804 (3.1) | 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) | 0.0013 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 141 (3.3) | 12,922 (2.2) | 1.5 (1.3, 1.8) | <0.0001 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 244 (5.7) | 21,416 (3.7) | 1.6 (1.4, 1.8) | <0.0001 |
| Dementia | 10 (0.2) | 2,191 (0.4) | 0.6 (0.3, 1.2) | 0.1012 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 816 (19.0) | 52,515 (9.0) | 2.4 (2.2, 2.6) | <0.0001 |
| Rheumatologic disease | 207 (4.8) | 8,326 (1.4) | 3.5 (3.0, 4.0) | <0.0001 |
| Peptic ulcer disease | 80 (1.9) | 3,195 (0.5) | 3.4 (2.8, 4.3) | <0.0001 |
| Mild liver disease | 28 (0.7) | 2,849 (0.5) | 1.3 (0.9, 1.9) | 0.1449 |
| Diabetes | 699 (16.3) | 73,420 (12.6) | 1.4 (1.2, 1.5) | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes with chronic complications | 181 (4.2) | 13,559 (2.3) | 1.8 (1.6, 2.1) | <0.0001 |
| Hemiplegia or paraplegia | 19 (0.4) | 1,622 (0.3) | 1.6 (1.0, 2.5) | 0.0608 |
| Renal disease | 204 (4.7) | 21,305 (3.7) | 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) | 0.0003 |
| Malignancy | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – | – |
| Moderate or severe liver disease | 11 (0.3) | 1,232 (0.2) | 1.2 (0.7, 2.2) | 0.5360 |
| Metastatic solid tumor | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | – | – |
| AIDS | Not reported | Not reported | – | – |
Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.