From: Association of chronic fatigue syndrome with premature telomere attrition
CFS-status (all female, n = 477) | T/S ratio | Mean TRF length (bp) difference with respect to NFa | Equivalent additional years in aging with respect to NF | ||
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β | SE | p-value | |||
CFS (n = 58) vs. NF (n = 133) | − 0.226 | 0.0566 | < 0.0001 | 957 | 15.2–30.9 |
CFS-X (n = 64) vs. NF | − 0.163 | 0.0548 | 0.003 | 690 | 11.0–22.3 |
ISF (n = 222) vs. NF | − 0.168 | 0.0395 | < 0.0001 | 711 | 11.3–23.0 |