Table 2 Percentage pain site response for RA, SLE and FM with the calculated differences between groups (including the combined RA/SLE group)
Location | Healthy (n= 204) | FM (n= 202) | RA (n= 31) | SLE (n= 20) | RA minus SLE | RA/SLE (n= 51) | FM minus RA/SLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shoulders | 14% | 76% | 32% | 25% | 7% | 29% | 48% |
Jaws | 4% | 36% | 3% | 10% | -7% | 7% | 30% |
Arms | 6% | 69% | 23% | 10% | 13% | 16% | 53% |
Hands | 5% | 64% | 81% | 73% | 9% | 77% | -13% |
Hips | 11% | 79% | 29% | 28% | 2% | 28% | 51% |
Thighs | 4% | 55% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 55% |
Knees | 10% | 64% | 39% | 53% | -14% | 46% | 18% |
Feet | 12% | 50% | 46% | 63% | -17% | 54% | -4% |
Lateral upper back | 6% | 82% | 15% | 23% | -8% | 19% | 64% |
Lateral lower back | 8% | 80% | 23% | 20% | 3% | 22% | 59% |
Mid upper back | 4% | 77% | 13% | 15% | -2% | 14% | 63% |
Mid lower back | 16% | 79% | 10% | 25% | -15% | 18% | 62% |
Front of chest | 4% | 54% | 10% | 15% | -5% | 13% | 42% |
Neck | 16% | 91% | 29% | 55% | -26% | 42% | 49% |
Peripheral | 7% | 55% | 28% | 29% | -1% | 28% | 26% |
Axial | 9% | 77% | 17% | 25% | -9% | 21% | 56% |