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. 2011 Mar 5;11:30. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-30

Table 3.

Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory Domains (mean [95% confidence intervals]; probability).

Cohort 1 Cohort 2
Domains HC
n = 300
CFS *
n = 170
HC
n = 19
CFS **
N = 49
CFS+MO**
n = 28
CFS+MA**
N = 12
CFS+T **
n = 9
General Fatigue 10.4
[9.9-10.9]
16.4
[15.9-16.9]
p < 10-10
8.2
[6.7-9.6]
17.9
[17.2-18.6]
p < 10-10
18.3
[17.5-19.1]
p < 10-10
18.5
[17.0-20.0]
p = 10-10
15.9
[13.9-17.8]
p = 10-6
Physical Fatigue 9.4
[8.9-9.9]
14.6
[14.0-15.2]
p < 10-10
8.1
[5.8-10.3]
16.0
[15.1-16.9]
p < 10-10
16.3
[15.1-17.5]
p = 10-8
16.3
[14.6-17.9]
p = 0.00002
14.8
[12.2-16.5]
p = 0.002
Reduced Activity 8.4
[8.0-8.8]
12.7
[12.1-13.4]
p < 10-10
7.4
[5.7-9.2]
16.2
[15.2-17.1]
p < 10-10
16.3
[15.0-17.5]
p < 10-10
17.4
[15.8-19.1]
p = 10-8
14.3
[12.2-16.5]
p = 0.00001
Reduced Motivation 8.2
[7.6-8.7]
11.1
[10.5-11.7]
p < 10-10
8.2
[6.7-9.7]
11.9
[10.7-13.1]
P = 0.001
11.8
[10.1-13.4]
p = 0.005
13.0
[10.3-15.7]
p = 0.003
10.7
[8.8-12.5]
Mental Fatigue 8.8
[8.3-9.3]
13.2
[12.5-13.9]
p < 10-10
8.5
[6.9-10.1]
15.0
[13.8-16.1]
P = 10-8
14.7
[13.2-16.1]
p = 10-6
16.8
[14.7-18.8]
p = 10-6
13.3
[10.4-16.2]
p = 0.004

2-tailed unpaired Student's t-tests with Bonferroni corrections following ANOVA (p < 0.05): * vs. HC of Cohort 1 and ** vs. HC of Cohort 2.