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Table 2 Previous and current activity levels of patients and healthy control subjects

From: A case control study of premorbid and currently reported physical activity levels in chronic fatigue syndrome

Characteristic

Patients

Controls

Previous activity level 1,2, median (IQR) 3

9 (8 – 9.5)

8 (6.5 – 8.5)*

Previous activity level, n (%)

  

   Level 1

0

0

   Level 2

0

0

   Level 3

0

1 (3)

   Level 4

1 (3)

1 (3)

   Level 5

0

2 (6)

   Level 6

1 (3)

4 (12)

   Level 7

3 (9)

5 (15)

   Level 8

8 (24)

12 (36)

   Level 9

12 (36)

5 (15)

   Level 10

8 (24)

3 (9)

Last week's activity 2, median (IQR) 3

3 (2 – 5)

8 (6 – 8)

Last week's activity, n (%)

  

   Level 1

5 (15)

0

   Level 2

6 (18)

0

   Level 3

7 (21)

1 (3)

   Level 4

4 (12)

2 (6)

   Level 5

5 (15)

3 (9)

   Level 6

3 (9)

4 (12)

   Level 7

1 (3)

5 (15)

   Level 8

2 (6)

11 (33)

   Level 9

0

4 (12)

   Level 10

0

3 (9)

Last 24 hours' activities, median hours (IQR) 3

  

   Standing or walking

4 (2 – 5)

9 (7.5 – 12)

   Sitting

6 (5 – 9)

6 (4 – 8)

   Reclining or lying down

12 (10 – 16)

8 (8 – 9.5)

Activity Level in Last 24 Hours, % 4

  

   Higher than recently

6

24

   Lower than recently

45

27

   Average

49

48

  1. 1 premorbid activity level for patients, activity level 2 years ago for friends; 2 rated from 1 (extremely low) to 10 (extremely high); 3 interquartile range; 4 compared to recent levels.
  2. *p ≤ 0.01; p ≤ 0.001