The association between body mass index and fibromyalgia severity: data from a cross-sectional survey of 2339 patients.
Fabiola AtzeniAlessandra AlciatiFausto SalaffiMarco Di CarloLaura BazzichiMarcello GovoniGiovanni BiasiManuela Di FrancoFlavio MozzaniElisa GremeseLorenzo DagnaAlberto BatticciottoFabio FischettiRoberto GiacomelliSerena GuiducciGiuliana GugginoMario BentivegnaRoberto GerliCarlo SalvaraniGianluigi BajocchiMarco GhiniFlorenzo IannoneValeria GiorgiSonia FarahSara BonazzaStefano BarbagliChiara GioiaNoemi Giuliana MarinoAnnunziata CapacciGiulio CavalliAntonella CappelliFrancesco CarubbiFrancesca NacciIlenia RiccucciMaurizio CutoloLuigi SinigagliaPiercarlo Sarzi-PuttiniPublished in: Rheumatology advances in practice (2021)
Our findings demonstrate that O/O patients with FM are significantly more impaired than U/N patients in all the symptomatological and functional domains as measured using the FIQR, ModFAS and PDS, thus suggesting that being O/O has an additional effect on symptoms and function.