Table 1.
Sociodemographic data from the three groups of participants.
| Groups of Participants | FM (n = 60) |
CLBP (n = 60) |
Pain-Free Controls (n = 60) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± sd | Mean ± sd | Mean ± sd |
p-values all groups |
p-values FM—CLBP |
p-values FM—pain-free controls |
p-values CLBP—pain-free controls |
|
| Age (years) |
52.57 ± 1.08 | 52.50 ± 1.42 | 49.87 ± 1.25 | 0.06 | 0.90 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| Pain duration (years) | 7.38 ± 2.79 | 7.08 ± 4.07 | 0 | <0.001 | 0.81 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| BMI (Kg/m2) |
23.79 ± 0.34 | 23.66 ± 0.30 | 23.15 ± 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.77 | 0.17 | 0.24 |
| Height (cm) |
168.1 ± 0.88 | 170.36 ± 0.83 | 168.65 ± 0.76 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.64 | 0.13 |
| Weight (kg) |
67.13 ± 0.89 | 68.65 ± 0.93 | 65.90 ± 1.00 | 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.33 | 0.08 |
| Gender | 54 ♀ 6 ♂ |
45 ♀ 15 ♂ |
45 ♀ 15 ♂ |
0.06 | 1 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
FM: fibromyalgia; CLBP: chronic low back pain; BMI: body mass index.