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2022 Nov-Dec


Pain Rep


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Fibromyalgia in women: association of inflammatory plasma proteins, muscle blood flow, and metabolism with body mass index and pain characteristics.

Authors

Ghafouri B, Edman E, Löf M, Lund E, Leinhard O D, Lundberg P, Forsgren M F, Gerdle B, Dong H-J
Pain Rep. 2022 Nov-Dec; 7(6):e1042.
PMID: 36213597.

Abstract

Obesity is a common comorbidity in fibromyalgia (FM). Both FM and obesity have been connected to low-grade inflammation, although it is possible that previously reported inflammatory alterations in FM primarily may be linked to increased body mass index (BMI).