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. 2019 Nov 6;35(1):68–77. doi: 10.5606/ArchRheumatol.2020.7458

Table 4. Comparison of minor criteria between groups.

  JFMS group Non-JFMS group 
(control group)
 
  n % n % p
Fatigue          
No 4 11.4 69 65.7  
          0.001*†
Yes 31 88.6 36 34.3  
Sleep disturbance          
No 8 22.9 79 75.2  
          0.001*†
Yes 27 77.1 26 24.8  
Chronic anxiety or tension          
No 8 22.9 92 87.6  
          0.001*†
Yes 27 77.1 13 12.4  
Chronic headaches          
No 15 42.9 94 89.5  
          0.001*†
Yes 20 57.1 11 10.5  
Irritable bowel syndrome          
No 31 88.6 104 99  
          0.014*‡
Yes 4 11.4 1 1  
Subjective soft tissue swelling          
No 29 82.9 104 99  
          0.001*‡
Yes 6 17.1 1 1  
Numbness or tingling of the extremities          
No 14 40 93 88.6  
          0.001*†
Yes 21 60 12 11.4  
Pain modulated by weather          
No 25 71.4 98 93.3  
          0.002*‡
Yes 10 28.6 7 6.7  
Pain modulated by physical activity          
No 12 34.3 81 77.1  
          0.001*†
Yes 23 65.7 24 22.9  
Pain modulated by stress or anxiety          
No 11 31.4 83 79  
          0.001*†
Yes 24 68.6 22 21  
* p<0.05; † Yates’s continuity correction; ‡ Fisher’s exact test.