Table 1

Characteristics by subject classification (N = 164). BMI is body mass index, CFS includes subjects with chronic fatigue syndrome, ISF includes those with unexplained chronic fatigue not meeting criteria for CFS, and NF are never fatigued controls


N
Women (%)
Age (Mean ± SD)
BMI (Mean ± SD)

Classification




     CFS
52
44 (84.6%)
49.9 ± 7.9
28.4 ± 5.1
     ISF
40
29 (72.5%)
49.7 ± 9.3
28.7 ± 4.7
     Remission
24
17 (70.8%)
51.2 ± 9.1
28.8 ± 5.1
     Never Fatigued
48
41 (85.4%)
50.3 ± 8.5
28.9 ± 5.1

Wagner et al. Population Health Metrics 2005 3:8   doi:10.1186/1478-7954-3-8