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Table 4 General symptoms

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

 

Cases

Referents

OR

95%CI

p

Cries easily, %

54.7

32.4

1.92

1.20-3.06

< 0.01

Melancholy, %

78.1

47.9

3.04

1.85-5.00

< 0.0001

General fatigue, %

95.6

71.1

9.44

4.03-22.12

< 0.0001

Insomnia, %

83.2

45.4

5.96

3.66-9.73

< 0.0001

Exhaustion, %

67.2

43.1

2.79

1.85-4.21

< 0.0001

Irritability, %

75.9

45.1

4.25

2.71-6.69

< 0.0001

Nervousness, %

43.1

14.2

3.16

1.93-5.18

< 0.0001

Impaired concentration, %

80.3

37.4

7.11

4.43-11.40

< 0.0001

Difficulty in relaxing, %

78.1

40.4

5.51

3.49-8.71

< 0.0001

Restlessness, %

65.0

33.2

3.92

2.59-5.93

< 0.0001

Headache, %

82.5

53.4

4.40

2.69-7.18

< 0.0001

Difficulty in passing urine, %

11.7

3.7

1.88

0.85-4.16

0.12

Bad appetite, %

21.2

9.5

1.56

0.85-2.84

0.15

Nausea, %

51.8

18.2

4.92

3.19-7.59

< 0.0001

Diarrhoea, %

44.5

19.0

3.43

2.26-5.22

< 0.0001

Constipation, %

47.4

19.0

3.86

2.54-5.87

< 0.0001

Abdominal pain, %

67.9

30.7

5.03

3.29-7.67

< 0.0001

Pain in the joints, %

93.4

35.7

17.60

8.33-37.19

< 0.0001

Back ache, %

93.4

44.4

16.70

8.22-33.93

< 0.0001

Pain in the legs, %

94.9

34.9

21.96

9.71-49.68

< 0.0001

Feeling cold, %

61.0

32.4

2.36

1.46-3.82

0.0005

Sweating, %

52.6

23.2

3.28

2.14-5.03

< 0.0001

Loss of weight, %

6.6

5.5

0.87

0.36-2.07

0.75

Overweight, %

47.4

27.7

1.51

0.92-2.49

0.10

Breathlessness, %

45.3

16.5

2.44

1.47-4.05

0.0005

Chest pain, %

41.6

13.7

3.85

2.43-6.10

< 0.0001

Cough, %

30.7

24.2

1.19

0.76-1.86

0.46

Dizziness, %

56.2

30.7

2.90

1.95-4.32

< 0.0001

Impaired hearing, %

36.5

16.0

3.00

1.93-4.68

< 0.0001

Eye problems, %

64.2

21.7

6.48

4.25-9.89

< 0.0001

  1. Prevalence of general symptoms among cases and referents. OR = odds ratios adjusted for the influence of age, body mass index, education, occupational and immigrant status, 95%CI = 95% confidence intervals.