Skip to main content
. 2022 Nov 2;14(11):e31021. doi: 10.7759/cureus.31021

Table 5. Comparison of demographics and relevant comorbidities between patients with normal sweat output on QSART and patients with reduced sweat output on QSART.

QSART: quantitative sudomotor axon reflex testing.

  Normal sweat output (n = 141) Abnormal sweat output (n = 70) p-value
Age (years) 31 ± 10 33 ± 12 0.16
Percent female 95% 90% 0.24
%White 93% 90% 0.71
Symptom duration (years) 5 (4, 6) 5 (4, 6) 0.69
Comorbidities
   Autoimmune disease (celiac, Hashimoto’s, RA, Sjogren’s) 11% 20% 0.10
   Chiari 5% 0% 0.10
   Ehlers-Danlos/Joint hypermobility 18% 20% 0.85
   Fibromyalgia 22% 20% 0.86
   Migraine 52% 50% 0.88
   Raynaud’s 14% 13% 1