Table 2.
Demographics of MEPSa and PatientsLikeMe patients with fibromyalgia.
| Characteristic | MEPS patients (N=3044) | PatientsLikeMe patients (N=357) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 58.0 (14.9) | 49.1 (10.7) | |
| Sex, n (%) | |||
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Male | 995 (32.7) | 27 (7.6) |
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Female | 1945 (63.9) | 325 (91.0) |
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Unknown | 103 (3.4) | 5 (1.4) |
| Region, n (%) | |||
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Northeast | 399 (13.1) | 55 (15.4) |
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Midwest | 651 (21.4) | 84 (23.5) |
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South | 1309 (43.0) | 110 (30.8) |
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West | 560 (18.4) | 92 (25.8) |
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Unknown | 125 (4.1) | 16 (4.5) |
aMEPS: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey