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Table 1 Basic demographic characteristics of the subjects with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), subjects with insufficient symptoms to be CFS (ISF) and Well controls

From: Use of medications by people with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy persons: a population-based study of fatiguing illness in Georgia

Demographic characteristic

CFS

(n = 113)

ISF

(n = 264)

Well

(n = 124)

P

Race, n (%)

   

0.19

Caucasian

84 (74.3)

196 (74.2)

95 (76.6)

 

Black

21 (18.6)

55 (20.8)

28 (22.6)

 

All other

8 (7.1)

13 (4.9)

1 (0.81)

 

Area, n (%)

   

0.98

Metro

23 (20.4)

54 (20.5)

22 (17.7)

 

Urban

37 (32.7)

84 (31.8)

42 (33.9)

 

Rural

53 (46.9)

126 (47.7)

60 (48.4)

 

Female sex, n (%)

92 (81.4)

201 (76.1)

93 (75.0)

0.44

Age in years, mean (sd)

44.3 (10.1)

43.1 (10.4)

44.5 (10.5)

0.37

Median age

44.0

45.0

47.0

 

Age range

18–59

18–59

19–59

 

BMI, mean (sd)

27.5 (5.0)

27.5 (5.2)

26.0 (5.3)

0.018

Median BMI

27.0

27.0

25.0

 

BMI range

17–39

16–39

18–38

 

Income

   

0.017

Mean (sd)

64,495.8 (87,057.0)

67,455.6 (63,118.1)

85,599.2 (82,699.2)

 

Median

52,025.0

55,000.0

72,272.0

 

Income range

0.0 – 750,000.0

0.0 – 447,466.0

0.0 – 500,000.0

 
  1. BMI, Body mass index.