Table 1

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).


Non responders
Responders
P


Mean (SD)
Mean (SD)


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