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Table 3 Association among the variables race, comorbidities, muscle strength of lower limbs and allelic and genotypic frequencies

From: Lower limb muscle strength and serotonin receptor gene polymorphism as factors associated in women with fibromyalgia

Variables

With FM

Without FM

Value of p

Race

N

%

N

%

0.001

 White

39

81.3

53

53

 

 Non-White

9

18.8

47

47

 

Comorbidities

 YES (hypertension, heart disease and diabetes)

46

95.8

70

70

0.001

 NO

2

4.2

30

30

 

Muscular strength of MSLL

 Low Performance

36

75.0

28

30.5

0.001

 Normal Performance

11

22.9

34

37.0

 

 High performance

1

2.1

30

32.5

 

Genotypic frequency

 GG

17

35.4

6

6

0.001

 AA

10

20.8

41

41

 

 AG

21

43.8

53

53

 

Allele frequency

 G

55

64

65

32.5

0.001

 A

31

36

135

67.5

 
  1. FM: Fibromyalgia, MSLL lower limbs