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Table 3 Relationship between serum magnesium and calcium levels with the variables: pain, quality of life and risk of depression

From: Relation between magnesium and calcium and parameters of pain, quality of life and depression in women with fibromyalgia

Variables

TP

Pain threshold

FIQ

PHQ9

r

P

r

P

r

P

r

P

Magnesium serum

 Fibromyalgia

−0.05

0.7

−0.05

0.71

0.02

0.85

0.09

0.47

 Control

−0.07

0.6

0.4

0.004*

−0.22

0.11

−0.28

0.05

Calcium serum

 Fibromyalgia

0.08

0.4

0.13

0.18

0.03

0.73

−0.006

0.95

 Control

−0.08

0.58

0.3

0.03*

−0.24

0.09

−0.17

0.22

  1. TP tender points, FIQ Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9
  2. r: Pearson’s correlation coefficient for the parametric data or Spearman’s correlation coefficient for non-parametric
  3. *P < 0.05 is statistically significant
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Advances in Rheumatology

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