Fibromyalgia & musculoskeletal pain
Fibromyalgia and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Study context
- Population
- Original papers assessing associations between fibromyalgia and mortality (all or specific causes) with an effect measure (HR, standardised mortality ratio (SMR), OR); PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science8 papers
- Participants
- 188,751 participants
- Comparison
- FM vs no FM
- FMn = 188,751
- Outcome
- All-cause mortality
Methodological detailsNewcastle-Ottawa scale risk-of-bias assessment
- Newcastle-Ottawa scale risk-of-bias assessment
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
All-cause mortality in fibromyalgia
Increased HR for all-cause mortality
HR 1.27, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.51
Further pooled results
All-cause mortality, subgroup diagnosed by the 1990 criteria
- No increased HR for the subgroup diagnosed by the 1990 criteria
Mortality from accidents
- Borderline increased SMR for accidents
- SMR 1.95, 95% CI 0.97 to 3.92
Mortality from infections
- Increased risk for mortality from infections
- SMR 1.66, 95% CI 1.15 to 2.38
Mortality from suicide
- Increased risk for mortality from suicide
- SMR 3.37, 95% CI 1.52 to 7.50
Mortality from cancer
- Decreased mortality rate for cancer
- SMR 0.82, 95% CI 0.69 to 0.97
Original publication
Fibromyalgia and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis. RMD Open. Published 10 July 2023. doi:10.
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