Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic, widespread painful disease with unexplained etiopathogenesis and somatic-psychic findings. Unlike inflammatory rheumatic diseases, there are no specific laboratory parameters in FMS. In our study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between inflammatory markers and FMS activation scales. Eighty patients aged 18-65 years, diagnosed with FSM according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1990 criteria, were evaluated retrospectively. 61 healthy controls matched for sex, age, and body mass index (BMI) constituted the control group. In addition to the demographic data of the patients, the fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (FIQ) score, visual analog scale (VAS) fatigue score, VAS pain score, number of tender points, C- reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), albumin, and complete blood count values were evaluated and compared statistically. FIQ, VAS pain, and VAS fatigue score, number of tender points were significantly higher in the patient group (p
Key words: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), C-reactive protein/albumin ratio (CAR), neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR), mean platelet volume (MPV)
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