Review Article
The Prevalence of Fibromyalgia in Other Chronic Pain Conditions
Table 2
Prevalence of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) in chronic painful diseases with structural (organic) pathology (DWSP).
| Chronic DWSP | % prevalence of FMS (mean) | % prevalence of FMS (range) | Reference no. |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 15.4 | 12.2–19.8 | [10, 38–41] | SLE | 16.2 | 5.0–25.3 | [42–48, 58] | Ankylosing spondylitis* | 30.4 | 10.8–50.0 | [49, 50] | Osteoarthritis | 11.0 | — | [51] | Diabetes mellitus* | 17.5 | 17.0–18.0 | [52, 53] | Endometriosis | 5.9 | — | [54] | Hypothyroidism | 34.0 | — | [55] | Crohn’s disease | 26.0 | 3.0–49.0 | [56, 57] | Ulcerative colitis | 11.4 | 3.7–49.0 | [56, 57] |
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SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus.
*Female patients only.
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