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Mean (Standard deviation) of the non-responders and responders to azithromycin. MFI-20: Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory. 4DSQ: 4 Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire. Pain VAS score: Visual analogue scale of the McGill Pain questionnaire. Stanford HAQ: Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire. P: probability favoring the absence of a difference of the means of non-responders versus responders (Student-t test). |
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Responders |
P |
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Mean (SD) |
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| Age (y) |
40.3 (12.7) |
34.7 (11.5) |
0.023 |
| MFI-20: General fatigue |
19.1 (1.4) |
18.7 (1.8) |
0.267 |
| MFI-20: Physical fatigue |
18.0 (2.3) |
17.7 (2.7) |
0.532 |
| MFI-20: Mental fatigue |
16.4 (3.4) |
15.2 (4.2) |
0.112 |
| MFI-20: Activity |
15.5 (3.3) |
15.1 (3.8) |
0.595 |
| MFI-20: Motivation |
11.0 (4.3) |
10.1 (3.6) |
0.283 |
| 4DSQ: Somatisation |
0.91 (0.42) |
1.11 (1.03) |
0.258 |
| 4DSQ: Distress |
0.89 (0.54) |
0.91 (0.51) |
0.859 |
| 4DSQ: Depression |
0.30 (0.47) |
0.35 (0.49) |
0.585 |
| 4DSQ: Anxiety |
0.28 (0.35) |
0.33 (0.38) |
0.481 |
| Pain VAS score |
27.8 (23.3) |
26.8 (24.2) |
0.888 |
| Stanford HAQ |
1.15 (0.19) |
1.14 (0.28) |
0.957 |
Vermeulen and Scholte Journal of Translational Medicine 2006 4:34 doi:10.1186/1479-5876-4-34 |
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