Table 1 Demographic data for both patients with FM and controls

Number

30

16

Age (years)

33.1 ± 8.4

29.1 ± 9.7

Sex

4 males (13.3%); 26 females (86.7%)

3 males (18.75%); 13 females (81.25%)

Marital status

25 married (83.3%); 5 single (16.7%)

12 married (75%); 4 single (25%)

BMI

27.4 ± 3.2

24.6 ± 3.7

Pain duration (months)

24.4 ± 18.1

–

VAS for pain

6.6 ± 2.2

–

WPI

12 ± 2.5

–

SS scale

8.4 ± 1.4

Medications

16 (53.3%) were using SNRI; 14 (46.7%) were using NSAID