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. 2018 Aug 16;27(8):1035–1044. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2017.6622

Table 2.

Predictors of a Fibromyalgia Diagnosis in FY2012 (Logistic Regression)

  Fibromyalgia N = 77,087 (3.48%)
  Coefficient SE SRC OR Lower, upper 95% CI
Demographics
 Female 1.162 0.009 0.177 3.2 3.1–3.2
 Age −0.007 <0.000 −0.058 0.993 0.993–0.994
Medical diagnoses: general
 Insomnia 0.229 0.013 0.03 1.26 1.22–1.29
 Connective tissue disease 1.139 0.019 0.074 3.12 3.01–3.24
Pain categories
 Headache 0.328 0.01 0.055 1.39 1.36–1.42
 Herpetic pain 0.738 0.023 0.046 2.09 2.00–2.19
 Skeletal muscle spasm pain 0.323 0.017 0.034 1.38 1.34–1.43
Psychiatric diagnoses
 Bipolar disorder 0.077 0.018 0.007 1.08 1.04–1.12
 Major depression 0.263 0.011 0.042 1.30 1.27–1.33
 Other depression (dysthymia) 0.279 0.009 0.06 1.32 1.30–1.34
 PTSD 0.175 0.009 0.037 1.19 1.17–1.21
 Anxiety disorder 0.175 0.01 0.032 1.19 1.17–1.21
 Any personality disorder 0.161 0.022 0.011 1.18 1.13–1.23
Service use
 Medical surgical visits 0.0141 <0.000 0.089 1.01 1.01–1.02
 Psychiatric or substance abuse outpatient visits −0.0007 <0.000 −0.007 0.99 0.99–1.00
Psychotropic medications
 Anxiolytic/sedative/hypnotic prescriptions 0.012 <0.000 0.031 1.01 1.011–1.013
 Anticonvulsant/mood stabilizer prescriptions 0.001 <0.000 0.007 1.00 1.001–1.002

SE, standard error; SRC, standardized regression coefficient; OR, odds ratio; MH, mental health; SA, substance abuse; ER, emergency room; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder.