Neumann L et al. - Obese fibromyalgia (FMS) patients display higher pain sensitivity and lower levels of quality of life. In designing studies that explore factors affecting tenderness, BMI should be included in addition to sex, age, etc. Methods
Study to examine the relationship between BMI and measures of tenderness, QoL, and physical functioning in female FMS pts
100 female FMS pts from a database of 550 FMS individuals was interviewed and assessed
Questionnaire included FMS-related symptoms, measures of tenderness, quality of life (SF-36), physical functioning, and BMI
Weight was defined as normal, overweight, and obesity according to BMI
Results
27% of FMS pts had normal BMI, 28% were overweight, and 45% were obese
BMI was negatively correlated with QoL and tenderness threshold and positively correlated with physical dysfunctioning and point count
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