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Table 1 Subjects’ characteristics

From: Patients with fibromyalgia display less functional connectivity in the brain’s pain inhibitory network

Variable

FM patients

(n = 28)

Controls

(n = 14)

t-score

p-value

Age (years)

37.8 (6.8)

33.6 (8.6)

−1.59

0.126

Pressure at VAS 50 mm (kPa)

333.7 (129.8)

572.4 (195.1)

4.14

0.001*

Duration of FM symptoms (months)

123.8 (76.8)

Na

  

Weekly pain intensity (VAS mm)

72.3 (13.3)

Na

  

Current pain intensity (VAS mm)

61.4 (22.1)

Na

  

FIQ score

71.0 (12.6)

Na

  
  1. *significant at p < .001.
  2. The mean value and Standard Deviation (SD) is given for each variable. For the variables ‘Age’ and ‘Pressure at VAS 50 mm’, the t-score and p-value from an independent samples t-test is also listed.