Table 3 |
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Distribution of ME/CFS cases (prevalent and incident) according to the study case definitions |
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ME/CFS Diagnostic Criteria |
n |
% |
|
|
|
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Any ME/CFS diagnostic criteria |
278 |
100.0 |
|
|
CDC - 1994 |
270 |
97.1 |
|
|
CDC - 1994 onlya |
103 |
37.1 |
|
|
Canadian |
146 |
52.5 |
|
|
Canadian onlya |
1 |
0.4 |
|
|
ECD |
47 |
16.9 |
|
|
ECD onlya |
7 |
2.5 |
|
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Overlap of case definitions |
CDC - 1994 and Canadian |
127 |
45.7 |
|
CDC - 1994, Canadian and ECD |
18 |
6.5 |
|
|
CDC - 1994 and ECD |
22 |
7.9 |
|
|
|
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aNon compliant with other definitions |
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Nacul et al. BMC Medicine 2011 9:91 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-9-91 |
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