Table 2.

Spearman correlations between outcome measures in all patients

	PtGlobal	MFI	BIPQ	Neg SF-36 PCS	Neg SF-36 MCS	PhGlobal	CRP	ESR	PETVAS
PtGlobal	1.00
MFI	0.58****	1.00
BIPQ	0.57****	0.60****	1.00
Neg SF-36 PCS	0.59****	0.60****	0.55****	1.00
Neg SF-36 MCS	0.35****	0.58****	0.56****	0.25****	1.00
PhGlobal	0.32****	0.15*	0.21**	0.18**	0.12*	1.00
CRP	0.16**	0.07	0.09	0.07	0.09	0.27****	1.00
ESR	0.07	0.05	0.05	−0.03	0.07	0.11	0.71****	1.00
PETVAS	−0.07	−0.23***	−0.06	−0.05	−0.12	0.29****	0.13*	0.04	1.00

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001

^****p<0.0001.

PtGlobal= Patient Global Assessment; MFI= Multi-dimensional fatigue inventory; BIPQ= brief illness perception questionnaire; Neg SF-36 PCS= negatively transformed 36-item short form health survey physical component summary score; Neg SF-36 MCS= negatively transformed 36-item short form health survey mental component summary score; PhGlobal= physician global assessment; CRP= c-reactive protein; ESR= erythrocyte sedimentation rate; PETVAS= qualitative score of vascular FDG-PET activity.