Figure 1.

Coenzyme Q₁₀ levels and mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔΨm) in blood mononuclear cells (BMCs) from fibromyalgia (FM) patients and healthy control subjects. (a) CoQ₁₀ levels were measured with high-performance liquid chromatography, as described in Materials and Methods. Data represent the mean ± SD of three separate experiments. (b) Mitochondrial membrane potential was analyzed in BMCs from control subjects and FM patients with flow cytometry, as described in Materials and Methods. Data represent the mean ± SD of three separate experiments. *P < 0.001 between controls and FM patients.