Table 1

General characteristics of subjects by recruitment classification.

CFS
(n = 58)
 CFS-MDDm
(n = 27)
 ISF
(n = 59)
 ISF-MDDm
(n = 28)
 Control
(n = 55)
 All
(N = 227)
% Women
 86.2
 77.8
 71.2
 92.9
 85.5
 81.9
Median age (years)
 51.5
 48.0
 50.0
 51.5
 51.0
 51
% White
 94.8
 92.6
 93.2
 92.9
 96.4
 94.3
BMI (%)





<18.5: Underweight
 1.7
 0.0
 1.7
 0.0
 1.8
 1.3
18.5–24.9: Normal
 13.8
 33.3
 20.3
 21.4
 16.4
 19.4
25–29.9: Overweight
 41.4
 29.6
 32.2
 35.7
 36.4
 34.7
30–34.9: Obese
 31.0
 29.6
 35.6
 21.4
 34.5
 31.7
≥35: Morbidly Obese
 12.1
 7.4
 10.2
 21.4
 10.9
 11.9

Reeves et al. BMC Medicine 2005 3:19   doi:10.1186/1741-7015-3-19