Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the patients and healthy controls.
| Characteristics | FMS patients | Healthy controls | Type of comparison test | |||
| n | Mean±SD | n | Mean±SD | p | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Males | - | - | ||||
| Females | 40 | 20 | ||||
| Age (years) | 51±11 | 52±9 | Wilcoxon matched pair | 0,7314 | ||
| Weight (kg) | 71.9±11.3 | 70.5±7.2 | Wilcoxon matched pair | 0,4796 | ||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 28.0±4.9 | 26.0±2.0 | Wilcoxon matched pair | 0,6308 | ||
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 83.7±7.9 | 77.9±7.4 | Wilcoxon matched pair | 0,2471 | ||
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 126.4±19.8 | 124.4±14.9 | Wilcoxon matched pair | 0,4925 | ||
| Heart rate (beats/min) | 68.9±7.3 | 69.6±7.4 | Wilcoxon matched pair | 0,8101 | ||
| FIQ Score | 69.7±12.5 | - | Reliability test | 0,714 | ||
| Cronbach's alpha= | ||||||
| Pain (Visual Analog Scale) | 8.4±1.5 | - | Reliability test | 0,736 | ||
| Cronbach's alpha= | ||||||
| FIQ, Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire; SD: Standard deviation. | ||||||