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. 2016 Jan 20;24(3):157–170. doi: 10.1089/ars.2014.6120

Table 1.

Anthropometric and Symptomatic Parameters in Healthy Volunteers and Patients with FM

Parameter Controls FM patients
Age (years) 45.5±6.1 46.1±8
Tender points 14.5±1.8
Disease duration (years) 8.1±3.3
Sex (male/female) 0/20 0/20
BMI (kg/m2) 23.2±2.5 22.9±1.2
FIQ total score, range 0–80 2.7±1.5 56.6±8.3a
 Pain 0.6±0.2 6.9±2.1b
 Fatigue 1.2±0.5 7.1±1.2a
 Morning tiredness 1±0.3 5.5±1b
 Stiffness 0.4±0.1 6.2±2.2b
 Anxiety 1±0.5 5.8±1.2b
 Depression 0.2±0.6 5.6±1.2a
VAS pain total score 0–10 0.7±0.2 7.5±2.1a

n=20 and 30 for control and fibromyalgia groups, respectively.

a

p<0.001.

b

p<0.01.

BMI, body–mass index; FIQ, fibromyalgia impact questionnaire; FM, fibromyalgia; VAS, visual analogue scale.

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