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Demographic and clinical characteristics overall and by fatigue group |
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| Overall |
NF |
NF | F |
ISF |
M/P |
CFS-R |
CFS |
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| No. (%) |
339 |
41 (12.1) |
21 (6.2) |
90 (26.6) |
145 (42.8) |
18 (5.3) |
24 (7.1) |
| Mean Age, years (SD) |
45.8 (10.9) |
46.9(13.0) |
40.6(8.2) |
44.5(11.2) |
47.3(10.5) |
46.4(7.5) |
44.7(10.4) |
| Female (%) |
77.0 |
63.4 |
71.4 |
74.4 |
83.5 |
72.2 |
79.2 |
| White (%) |
94.1 |
92.7 |
100.0 |
91.1 |
96.6 |
83.3 |
95.8 |
| Education > High School(%) |
65.5 |
80.5 |
66.7 |
62.2 |
63.5 |
55.6 |
70.8 |
| Income > $40,000/yr (%) |
47.5 |
58.5 |
61.9 |
44.4 |
43.5 |
66.7 |
37.5 |
| Mean BMI (SD)* |
28.5 (6.3) |
25.3(4.7) |
28(5.7) |
28.6(6.4) |
29.5(6.7) |
28.6(5.2) |
28.2(6.0) |
| <18.5: Underweight (%) |
3.6 |
7.3 |
4.8 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
0.0 |
8.3 |
| 18.5–24.9: Normal (%) |
25.7 |
36.6 |
23.8 |
27.8 |
23.6 |
22.2 |
16.7 |
| 25–29.9: Overweight (%) |
30.5 |
41.5 |
33.3 |
26.7 |
27.8 |
38.9 |
33.3 |
| 30–39.9: Obesity (%) |
32.8 |
14.6 |
33.3 |
33.3 |
36.1 |
33.3 |
41.7 |
| ≥ 40: Extreme obesity (%) |
7.4 |
0.0 |
4.8 |
10.0 |
9.7 |
5.6 |
0.0 |
| Neck circumference (cm) Mean (SD) |
36.4 (3.8) |
35.7 (3.9) |
36.4 (3.7) |
36.8 (4.1) |
36.4 (3.8) |
36.3 (2.6) |
36.3 (3.3) |
| ≥ 43.18 cm in males (%) |
12.8 |
0.0 |
16.7 |
17.4 |
20.8 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| ≥ 40.64 cm in females (%) |
6.3 |
7.7 |
0.0 |
12.1 |
4.2 |
7.7 |
0.0 |
| Years fatigued, median (Range) |
6.8 (0.3–55.5) |
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5.9 (0.5–40.8) |
7.2 (0.3–55.5) |
8.6 (2.1–39.7) |
6.5 (1.4–47.8) |
| Mean Wellness score (SD)† |
53.0 (22.7) |
85.5(14.9) |
70.5(17.2) |
51.9 (17.0) |
44.0 19.3) |
56.4 19.2) |
39.8 (18.3) |
| Fatigue severity score Mean (SD)† |
5.4 (1.0) |
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5.0 (0.9) |
5.5 (1.0) |
5.6 (0.8) |
6.0 (0.6) |
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*P = 0.0157; † P < 0.0001 NF – never fatigued; NF|F – baseline fatigue currently not fatigued; ISF – insufficient symptoms or fatigue for CFS; M/P – medical or psychiatric exclusion; CFS-R – baseline CFS currently remission; CFS – currently CFS | |||||||
Unger et al. BMC Neurology 2004 4:6 doi:10.1186/1471-2377-4-6 |
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