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. 2023 Aug 21;3:20. Originally published 2023 Apr 24. [Version 4] doi: 10.3310/nihropenres.13421.4

Figure 3. Numbers of DecodeME participants reporting symptoms (Radar chart); total, 17074 participants.

Figure 3.

Most frequently reported symptoms are furthest from these circles’ centre. Twelve different groups of questions are indicated in separate colours; for each symptom group, the most and least frequently reported symptoms are listed and indicated as unfilled circles. With reference to the DecodeME questionnaire ( www.decodeme.org.uk/app/uploads/2022/08/DecodeME-Questionnaire.pdf) the questions (Q) are, clockwise: Fatigue (Q8-answer 3 [Q8-3], Q9-3, Q3-1, Q10-1), Post-exertional malaise (PEM, Q12-1 AND Q13-1), Cold or flu-like (Q14-4, -2, -1, -5, -6, -3), Sensitivities (Q15-1, -2, -3, -5, -7, -9, -4, -6, -8), Pain (Q16-4, -6, -5, -3, -2, -7, -1), Gut (Q17-1, -2, -3), Headaches (Q18-1, -4, -2, -3), Cognition (Q19-15, -7, -8, -9, -12, -3, -1, -2, -6, -10, -5, -13, -4, -14, -11), Sleep (Q20-4, -3, -2, -1), Autonomic (Q21-3, -6, -11, -10, -9, -4, -2, -1, -5, -7, -12, -8), Neuroendocrine (Q22-3, -1, -2, -4), and Mood (Q23-2, -3, -1, -5, -6, -4).