Table 1 Demographic and clinical profiles of patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and controls

Subject number (n)

28

28

-

Age (years)

42.5±7.6

42.1±10.6

0.886

Sex

26F/2M

26F/2M

-

HADS total score (0–42)

9.6±6.1

20.3±6.5

<0.001^*

HADS anxiety score (0–21)

4.6±3.4

11.6±3.5

<0.001^*

<0.001^*

HADS depression score (0–21)

3.6±3.1

8.7±3.8

<0.001^*

Number of tender points (0–18)

5.9±3.7

15.2±2.0

<0.001^*

Total Tenderness Score (0–54)

7.7±5.5

29.1±7.0

<0.001^*

Clinical pain intensity (0–10)

-

5.28±2.4

-

Disease duration (years)

-

7.3±9.2

-

Widespread Pain Index (0–19)

-

9.9±4.3

-

Symptom Severity (0–12)

-

7.9±1.7

-

Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (0–100)

-

50.6±20.6

-