Table 5.

Rate ratios (95% CI) of GP consultations, tests, prescriptions and referrals from 10 years before until 10 years after a first recorded diagnosis of CFS/ME in adult cases compared with controls by Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) quintiles

	Year −10 to −6	Year −5 to −1	Year 0	Year 1 to 5	Year 6 to 10
GP consultations
Top 3 quintiles	1.58 (1.55, 1.60)	1.75 (1.73, 1.77)	2.52 (2.47, 2.57)	1.75 (1.73, 1.76)	1.52 (1.50, 1.55)
Bottom 2 quintiles	1.40 (1.37, 1.43)	1.77 (1.75, 1.80)	2.49 (2.42, 2.56)	1.78 (1.76, 1.81)	1.70 (1.66, 1.75)
Diagnostic tests
Top 3 quintiles	1.78 (1.76, 1.81)	2.20 (2.19, 2.22)	3.30 (3.27, 3.34)	1.69 (1.68, 1.70)	1.48 (1.46, 1.49)
Bottom 2 quintiles	1.39 (1.37, 1.42)	2.02 (2.00, 2.03)	2.80 (2.76, 2.84)	1.69 (1.68, 1.71)	1.68 (1.66, 1.71)
Prescriptions
Top 3 quintiles	1.81 (1.78, 1.85)	1.92 (1.89, 1.94)	2.43 (2.38, 2.49)	2.00 (1.97, 2.02)	1.90 (1.86, 1.93)
Bottom 2 quintiles	1.50 (1.47, 1.53)	1.85 (1.82, 1.88)	2.23 (2.16, 2.30)	1.93 (1.90, 1.96)	2.07 (2.01, 2.13)
Referrals
Top 3 quintiles	1.59 (1.52, 1.66)	2.02 (1.95, 2.09)	3.64 (3.43, 3.86)	2.03 (1.97, 2.10)	1.78 (1.69, 1.87)
Bottom 2 quintiles	1.45 (1.38, 1.53)	1.97 (1.88, 2.05)	3.53 (3.25, 3.84)	1.95 (1.86, 2.05)	1.84 (1.69, 1.99)