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Table 1 Study population

From: General symptom reporting in female fibromyalgia patients and referents: a population-based case-referent study

 

Cases

Referents

   
 

Mean or %

SD

Mean or %

SD

p

OR

95%CI

N

138

 

401

    

Age, years

49.5

8.79

48.8

8.25

n.s.

0.97

0.93-0.997

Marital status, %

    

n.s.

  

   Single

7.4

 

9.3

    

   Married or cohabiting

71.1

 

73.4

    

   Divorced

18.5

 

15.0

    

Widowed

3.0

 

2.3

    

No. of children

2.4

1.16

2.2

1.28

n.s.

  

Migrant status, %

       

   1st generation immigrant

20.3

 

9.7

 

< 0.001

2.39

1.40-4.06

   2nd generation immigrant

2.9

 

4.0

 

n.s.

  

Education, %

    

< 0.001

0.80

0.65-0.98

   Secondary school only

22.0

 

8.8

    

   Vocational training

17.7

 

16.5

    

   High school

31.6

 

23.3

    

   College or university

28.7

 

51.4

    

Occupational status, %

    

< 0.001

3.58

2.63-4.86

   Working full time

10.3

 

52.1

    

   Working part time

15.4

 

26.4

    

   Unemployed, on sick-leave or retired

74.3

 

19.4

    

   Other

-

 

2.1

    

Income level (SEK/year), %

    

< 0.001

0.90

0.75-1.08

   < 100.000

16.1

 

5.2

    

   100,000-149,000

19.7

 

8.3

    

   150,000-199,000

12.2

 

11.6

    

   200,000-299,000

19.9

 

28.7

    

   > 300.000

32.1

 

46.2

    

Pain duration, years

16.0

11.8

-

-

   
  1. Characteristics of the study population.