Table 1 |
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Demographic and clinical variables of the fibromyalgia syndrome patients and healthy controls |
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FMS (n = 90) (mean ± SD (range)) |
HC (n = 30) (mean ± SD (range)) |
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Age (years) |
48.17 ± 10.32 (21–68) |
48.22 ± 9.02 (22–65) |
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Duration of pain (years) |
9.28 ± 9.23 (0.5–45) |
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Painful regions |
6.80 ± 2.05 (3–12) |
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Number of tender points |
16.09 ± 3.33 (14–18) |
2 ± 0.33 (0–4) |
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Mean tender points pain severitya |
5.89 ± 2.27 (2–10) |
3.13 ± 1.06 (0–3) |
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Use of antidepressive medications (number) |
0.36 ± 0.52 (0–3) |
0.21 ± 0.03 (0–2) |
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Occupational status |
N (%) |
N (%) |
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Working |
39 (43.3) |
17 (56.8) |
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Unemployed |
20 (22.2) |
9 (30.0) |
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Workers' compensation |
24 (26.7) |
0 (0.0) |
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Retired |
6 (6.7) |
2 (6.6) |
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Student |
1 (1.1) |
2 (6.6) |
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aVisual analogue scale ranges from 0 = no pain to 10 = most intense pain. FMS, fibromyalgia syndrome; HC, healthy control; SD, standard deviation. |
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Thieme and Turk Arthritis Research & Therapy 2006 8:R9 doi:10.1186/ar1863 |
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