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Table 3 Demographics and rates of fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome occurring alone or together

From: Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia in diagnosed sleep disorders: a further test of the ‘unitary’ hypothesis

 

Healthy controls (n = 39)

SDB (AHI 5–14; n = 36)

SDB (AHI >14; n = 86)

SDB (n=122)

Insomnia (n=21)

SDB vs. Insomnia (p value)

Men, % (n)

44 (17)

50 (18)

76 (65)

68 (83)

38 (9)

.009

Age (SD), y

42.9 (15.0)

50.3 (11.2)

51.8 (12.0)

51.4 (11.7)

37.8 (8.7)

.000

BMI (SD), kg/m2

25.1 (4.0)

30.7 (5.0)

31.6 (4.2)

31.3 (4.5)

29.4 (5.2)

.070

AHI (SE)

1.8 (0.3)

9.6 (0.6)

39.7 (2.5)

30.8 (2.1)

1.9 (0.3)

.000

RDI (SE)

2.8 (0.4)

12.2 (0.8)

42.2 (2.4)

33.3 (2.1)

2.7 (0.4)

.000

FM only, % (n)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

14 (3)

.003

CFS only, % (n)

0 (0)

14 (5)

8 (7)

10 (12)1

19 (4)3

.189

CFS + FM, % (n)

0 (0)

3 (1)

4 (3)

3 (4)2

14 (3)4

.065

No CFS or FM, % (n)

100 (39)

83 (30)

88 (76)

87 (106)

52 (11)

.001

With CFS or FM, % (n)

0 (0)

17 (6)

12 (10)

13 (16)

48 (10)

.001

  1. SDB = sleep disordered breathing; BMI = body mass index; FM = fibromyalgia; CFS = chronic fatigue syndrome.
  2. 1One man in this group had well controlled diabetes and well controlled hypertension.
  3. 2One woman in this group had well controlled diabetes and well controlled hypothyroidism.
  4. 3One man in this group had well controlled hypothyroidism.
  5. 4Two women in this group had well controlled hypertension.