Table 2

Weighted proportion of medical and psychiatric exclusionary conditions in non-fatigued and fatigued samples.

Medical or Psychiatric Exclusionary Condition
% Non-fatigued
% Fatigued*

Any exclusionary condition
11.16
43.26
Rheumatoid arthritis
1.86
13.13
Lupus/Sjögren's syndrome
0.00
2.70
Pregnancy
6.48
7.66
Heart failure/fluid in lungs
1.95
6.35
Hepatitis/cirrhosis
0.41
4.20
Immunodeficiency disease
0.00
1.63
Multiple sclerosis
0.08
2.54
Heart condition limiting walking
0.16
5.52
Heart attack
1.70
3.66
Organ transplant
0.91
0.36
Stroke
0.16
2.95
Cancer, including lymphoma or leukemia
2.92
6.22
Alcohol/drug dependency
1.17
4.73
Manic depressive disorder
1.05
5.39
Anorexia/bulimia
0.11
1.97
Schizophrenia
0.52
2.58

* Fatigued includes subjects fatigued for at least one month

Bierl et al. Population Health Metrics 2004 2:1   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-2-1