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Table 1 Demographic data for 111 subjects from the Wichita clinical study

From: Evidence of inflammatory immune signaling in chronic fatigue syndrome: A pilot study of gene expression in peripheral blood

 

Empiric Classification

LCA Classification

 

CFS

(n = 39)

IFS

(n = 35)

Controls

(n = 37)

LCA-1

(n = 23)

LCA-3

(n = 17)

LCA-4

(n = 11)

LCA-5

(n = 14)

LCA-6

(n = 11)

LCA-0/2

(n = 35)

Mean Age (SD)

51.4 (8.2)

50.3 (8.2)

51.6 (9.0)

50.9 (7.6)

54.7 (5)

44.4 (8.7)

48.2 (10.2)

55.8 (3.4)

51.3 (9)

Mean Years Ill (SD)

16.7 (11.0)

14.4 (10.0)

2.8 (5.0)

15.5 (10.7)

11.3 (4)

16.0 (12.3)

16.8 (10.5)

16.4 11.2

14.3 (12.9)

Race [n (%) ]

         

   White

35 (90.0)

32 (91.4)

36 (97.3)

21 (91)

17 (100)

10 (90.9)

11 (78.6)

11 (100)

33 (94.3)

   Black

1 (2.6)

3 (8.6)

1 (2.7)

1 (4.4)

0 (0)

1 (9.1)

1 (7.1)

0 (0)

2 (5.7)

   Multiple Race

2 (5.1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (14.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

   Other

1 (2.6)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (4.4)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Onset Type

         

   Gradual

32 (82.0)

28 (80.0)

10 (27.0)

18 (78.3)

14 (82.4)

9 (81.8)

11 (78.6)

10 (90.9)

8 (22.9)

   Sudden

6 (15.4)

3 (8.6)

0 (0.0)

3 (13)

1 (5.9)

1 (9.1)

3 (21.4)

1 (9.1)

0 (0.0

   Undetermined

1 (2.6)

4 (11.4)

27 (73.0)

2 (8.7)

2 (11.8)

1 (9.1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

27 (77.1)

BMI [n (%) ]

         

   <25

5 (13.8)

10 (28.6)

7 (18.9)

0 (0)

4 (23.5)

8 (72.7)

3 (21.4)

3 (27.3)

4 (11.4)

   25–30

20 (51.3)

14 (40)

18 (48.7)

9 (39.1)

6 (35.3)

3 (27.3)

9 (64.3)

7 (63.6)

18 (51.4)

   >30

14 (35.9)

11 (31.4)

12 (32.4)

14 (60.9)

7 (41.2)

0 (0)

2 (14.3)

1 (9.1)

13 (37.1)

  1. 1 SD is standard deviation