| Type of exclusion |  | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Med (n= 133) | Psych (n= 114) | Both (n= 33) | p-value | |||
 | n | % | n | % | n | % |  |
Sex | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.0143 |
   Female | 109 | 81.95 | 75 | 65.79 | 25 | 75.76 |  |
   Male | 24 | 18.05 | 39 | 34.21 | 8 | 24.25 |  |
Race | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.6690 |
   Black | 48 | 46.09 | 33 | 28.95 | 10 | 30.30 |  |
   White | 78 | 58.65 | 77 | 67.54 | 21 | 63.64 |  |
   Other | 7 | 5.26 | 4 | 3.51 | 2 | 6.06 |  |
Residential areas | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0.3099 |
   Rural | 60 | 45.11 | 65 | 57.02 | 19 | 57.58 |  |
   Urban | 57 | 42.86 | 35 | 30.70 | 11 | 33.33 |  |
   Metropolitan | 16 | 12.03 | 14 | 12.28 | 3 | 9.09 |  |
 | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |  |
Duration of fatigue (months) * †| 105.45 | 96.73 | 59.92 | 59.58 | 120.17 | 92.96 | 0.0003 |
BMI | 29.27 | 5.68 | 27.94 | 5.38 | 29.55 | 5.10 | 0.115 |
MFI | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
General fatigue †‡ | 13.10 | 4.55 | 14.69 | 4.18 | 16.15 | 2.99 | <0.001 |
Physical fatigue *‡ | 11.68 | 4.49 | 11.74 | 4.09 | 14.58 | 3.68 | 0.002 |
Reduced activity ‡ | 9.54 | 4.19 | 10.11 | 4.41 | 12.55 | 3.88 | 0.002 |
Reduced motivation ‡ | 9.95 | 3.86 | 10.71 | 4.33 | 12.88 | 3.57 | 0.001 |
Mental fatigue†‡ | 10.83 | 4.39 | 13.05 | 4.32 | 13.85 | 4.24 | <0.001 |
SF-36 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Physical functioning* | 67.86 | 27.04 | 71.36 | 24.82 | 53.33 | 25.15 | 0.002 |
   Role physical ‡ | 31.20 | 40.17 | 27.41 | 36.28 | 9.85 | 23.33 | 0.013 |
   Bodily pain | 54.08 | 26.85 | 53.23 | 26.29 | 42.18 | 28.05 | 0.067 |
Social functioning ‡ | 68.80 | 26.72 | 58.44 | 30.87 | 49.24 | 26.51 | <0.001 |
Mental health†‡ | 71.43 | 18.78 | 56.18 | 24.07 | 46.55 | 19.84 | <0.001 |
Role emotional†‡ | 48.87 | 43.53 | 31.58 | 39.13 | 14.13 | 23.61 | <0.001 |
   Vitality*†‡ | 48.83 | 26.81 | 38.03 | 26.50 | 23.03 | 17.59 | <0.001 |
General health*‡ | 57.67 | 24.09 | 56.48 | 22.33 | 41.18 | 24.19 | 0.001 |
   PCS* § | 42.22 | 11.64 | 45.43 | 11.32 | 38.31 | 11.16 | 0.0040 |
   MCS†‡§ | 46.55 | 11.24 | 37.36 | 14.72 | 33.47 | 10.02 | <0.0001 |
   HUI2*‡§ | 74.50 | 14.32 | 69.34 | 14.72 | 60.50 | 11.25 | <0.0001 |
Symptom scores | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
CFS symptom summary score ‡ | 23.98 | 20.70 | 30.13 | 21.14 | 37.98 | 21.90 | 0.0014 |
Non-CFS symptom summary score†‡ | 18.71 | 17.93 | 27.86 | 30.38 | 35.67 | 21.40 | <0.0001 |