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Table 1 Pain in female patients with fibromyalgia and female population controls: mean scores and 95% confidence intervals

From: Factors explaining variance in perceived pain in women with fibromyalgia

Mc Gill Pain Questionnaire

Fibromyalgia N = 42

Controls N = 48

ANOVA F-value

Probability p*

Evaluative pain

4.7 (3.8–5.5)

2.5 (1.7–3.2)

15.26

<0.001

Affective pain

19.1 (16.1–22.1)

7.3 (4.3–10.4)

30–73

<0.001

Sensoric pain

38.7 (33.0–44.3)

17.2 (11.8–22.6)

30.50

<0.001

Total pain

62.4 (54.0–70.8)

27.0 (18.4–35.6)

34.61

<0.001