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Demographic attributes such as age and body mass index (BMI); and clinical attributes such as pain, flexibility, tender point counts, origin and duration of pain along with its clinical manifestations were recorded and analyzed. Correlation analysis was also performed between the clinical parameters.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n The mean age, weight, height and BMI of the FM patients (n=107) were 35.9 (10.1) years, 62.3 (9.9) kg, 1.56 (0.08) m and 25.6 (3.9) kg\/m\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n , respectively. Patients felt an average pain of 6.9 (0.9) on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS); that was distributed on 15.9 (2.4) mean tender point counts (TPCs) for an average duration of 7.3 (6.2) years. We found a significant correlation between VAS and TPCs. 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