Table 1.
Clinical and sociodemographic variables in women and men, separated by the presence or absence of fibromyalgia.
| Fibromyalgia | P gender | Nonfibromyalgia | P gender | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women (n = 367) | Men (n = 21) | Women (n = 232) | Men (n = 53) | |||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
| Age, years | 49.0 (6.0) | 46.9 (8.4) | 0.074 | 50.0 (8.1) | 48.1 (10.6) | 0.332 |
| Body mass index, kg/cm2 | 28.2 (5.8) | 28.1 (4.8) | 0.880 | 26.6 (4.3) | 28.5 (3.8) | 0.001 |
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| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
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| Marital status | 0.009 | 0.003 | ||||
| Married | 279 (76.0) | 13 (61.9) | 170 (73.6) | 38 (71.7) | ||
| Single | 33 (9.0) | 7 (33.3) | 23 (10.0) | 14 (26.4) | ||
| Separated | 10 (2.7) | 0 (0.0) | 13 (5.6) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Divorced | 31 (8.4) | 1 (4.8) | 15 (6.5) | 1 (1.9) | ||
| Widow(er) | 14 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (4.3) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Educational level | 0.855 | 0.281 | ||||
| No studies/primary school | 196 (53.4) | 10 (47.7) | 103 (44.4) | 21 (39.7) | ||
| Secondary school | 114 (31.1) | 7 (33.3) | 75 (32.3) | 23 (43.4) | ||
| University degree | 57 (15.5) | 4 (19.0) | 54 (23.2) | 9 (16.9) | ||
| Current occupational status | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||
| Working | 109 (29.7) | 3 (14.3) | 95 (40.9) | 31 (58.5) | ||
| Housewife | 102 (27.8) | 0 (0.0) | 82 (35.3) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Not working | 156 (42.5) | 18 (85.7) | 55 (23.7) | 22 (41.5) | ||
| Time since diagnosis | 0.640 | |||||
| Less than 5 years | 173 (47.1) | 11 (52.4) | ||||
| More than 5 years | 194 (55.8) | 10 (50.0) | ||||
SD, standard deviation.