Does body composition differ between fibromyalgia patients and controls? the al-Ándalus project

To characterise the anthropometric and body composition profile of a sample of fibromyalgia women and men from southern Spain and compare them with non-fibromyalgia controls. The cross-sectional study comprised 566 (51.9 ± 8.3 years) fibromyalgia women vs. 249 (49.3 ± 9.9 years) control women; and 2...

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Published in:Clinical and experimental rheumatology 2015-01, Vol.33 (1 Suppl 88), p.S25-S32
Main Authors: Segura-Jimenez, Victor, Aparicio, Virginia A, Alvarez-Gallardo, Inmaculata C, Carbonell-Baeza, Ana, Tornero-Quinones, Inmaculada, Delgado-Fernandez, Manuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adiposity
Adult
Anthropometry
Body Composition
Case-Control Studies
Cross-Sectional Studies
Electric Impedance
Exercise Test
Female
Fibromyalgia - diagnosis
Fibromyalgia - epidemiology
Fibromyalgia - physiopathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity - diagnosis
Obesity - epidemiology
Obesity - physiopathology
Physical Fitness
Predictive Value of Tests
Sex Factors
Spain - epidemiology
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Summary:To characterise the anthropometric and body composition profile of a sample of fibromyalgia women and men from southern Spain and compare them with non-fibromyalgia controls. The cross-sectional study comprised 566 (51.9 ± 8.3 years) fibromyalgia women vs. 249 (49.3 ± 9.9 years) control women; and 24 (47.0 ± 8.4 years) fibromyalgia men vs. 56 (49.7 ± 11.5 years) control men. Body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness were assessed by means of a bioelectric impedanciometer and the 6-minute walk test, respectively. All body composition para-meters (except muscle mass) differed between fibromyalgia and control women (all, p
ISSN:0392-856X