| Mental stress | Laboratory relaxation | Lowest 5 min, evening |
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FM patients | 76 (8), 58-89b
| 71 (8), 55-85c
| 66 (3), 52-78 |
Controls | 76 (7), 64-88d
| 67 (8), 54-86 | 65 (3), 45-76 |
pa
| 0.89 | 0.06 | 0.35 |
- Heart rate (bpm) during mental stress test, laboratory relaxation, and 5-min period with lowest heart rate during evening activities for fibromyalgia (FM) patients and healthy controls.
- Values are mean (SD), range.
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aIndependent samples t-test; Paired samples t-test: bdifferent from Laboratory relaxation (p=0.001), and lowest 5 min period during evening (p<0.001); cdifferent from lowest 5 min period during evening (p=0.009); ddifferent from Laboratory relaxation (p<0.001) and lowest 5 min period during evening (p<0.001).