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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: Impaired TRPM3-dependent calcium influx and restoration using Naltrexone in natural killer cells of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome patients

 

HC

ME/CFS

P-value

Age (years)

44.10 ± 10.39

43.9 ± 10.71

0.853

Gender n (%)

  

 > 0.9999

 Female

9 (90.0%)

9 (90.0%)

 

 Male

1 (10.0%)

1 (10.0%)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

23.68 ± 3.96

25.74 ± 5.49

0.280

Employment Status

   

 Full Time

6 (60.0%)

2 (20.0%)

0.0090

 Part Time

3 (30.0%)

1 (10.0%)

 Casual

1 (10.0%)

1 (10.0%)

 Unemployed

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 Illness/disability

0 (0.0%)

6 (60.0%)

Education

   

 Primary education

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0.9985

 High school

0 (0.0%)

1 (10.0%)

 Undergraduate

5 (50.0%)

3 (30.0%)

 Postgraduate/doctoral

2 (20.0%)

4 (40.0%)

 Other

3 (30.0%)

2 (20.0%)

  1. Values in bold are statistically significant
  2. HC healthy controls, ME Myalgic encephalomyelitis, CFS chronic fatigue syndrome, BMI body mass index