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Table 8 Single hormone degree centrality (DC) among the most and the least disabled patients

From: Altered neuroendocrine control and association to clinical symptoms in adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome: a cross-sectional study

 

Fatigue score

Steps per day

High fatigue

Low fatigue

Difference in DC (95 % CI, high–low)

p value*

Low steps/day

High steps/day

Difference in DC (95 % CI, low–high)

p value*

Plasma norepinephrine

0.80

0.48

0.32 (0.25–0.39)

<0.001

0.45

0.50

−0.05 (−0.12 to 0.02)

0.140

Urine norepinephrine:creatinine ratio

0.80

0.63

0.17 (0.10–0.25)

<0.001

0.89

0.50

0.39 (0.32–0.47)

<0.001

Plasma epinephrine

0.45

0.48

−0.04 (−0.11 to 0.04)

0.332

0.45

0.50

−0.05 (−0.12 to 0.02)

0.145

Urine epinephrine:creatinine ratio

0.45

0.48

−0.04 (−0.12 to 0.05)

0.381

1.00

1.00

0.00 (−0.07 to 0.07)

1.000

Plasma cortisol

1.00

0.30

0.70 (0.62–0.77)

<0.001

1.00

0.50

0.50 (0.43–0.57)

<0.001

Urine cortisol:creatinine ratio

1.00

1.00

0.00 (−0.08 to 0.08)

1.000

0.89

1.00

−0.11 (−0.17 to −0.04)

0.003

  1. Fatigue score (left) and steps per day (right)
  2. Italic values indicate significance of p value (p < 0.05)
  3. CFS chronic fatigue syndrome, CI confidence interval, DC degree centrality
  4. * t test