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Table 2 Excluded participants by telephone interview classifications

From: An evaluation of exclusionary medical/psychiatric conditions in the definition of chronic fatigue syndrome

Telephone interview

 

All

Excluded (n= 1609)*

   

Medical (only)

Psychiatric (only)

Medical and psychiatric

Missing data

Subtotal (%)

   

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

  

n

(%)

CFS-like

910

48%

350

79.4

60

13.6

31

7.0

0

0

441

27.4

Unwell

2635

37%

827

84.2

105

10.7

50

5.1

0

0

982

61.0

Well

2085

9%

164

88.2

16

8.6

6

3.2

0

0

186

11.6

Total

5630

29%

1341

83.3

181

11.3

87

5.4

0

0

1609

100

Clinic evaluation

CFS-like

291

49%

57

40.1

62

43.7

22

15.5

1

0.7

142

50.4

Unwell

267

43%

56

49.6

46

40.7

11

9.7

1

0.9

114

40.5

Well

223

12%

20

76.9

6

23.1

0

0.0

0

0.0

26

9.2

Total

783

36%

133

47.2

114

40.4

33

11.7

2

0.7

282

100

  1. *Row percentages are listed unless other indicated
  2. CFS = chronic fatigue symptoms