Research Article
A Preliminary Comparative Assessment of the Role of CD8+ T Cells in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Multiple Sclerosis
Table 1
Characteristics of participants and blood parameters.
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CFS/ME |
MS |
Controls | value | | Overall | MS versus CFS/ME | MS versus control | CFS/ME versus control |
| | Participants () | 23 | 11 | 30 | | | | | | Age (years) | 49.0 ± 2.5 | 56.0 ± 4.9 | 53.5 ± 2.2 | 0.72 | >0.99 | >0.99 | >0.99 | | Females, (%) | 17 (73.9) | 10 (90.9) | 19 (63.3) | 0.44 | | | | | Haemoglobin (g/L) | 135.0 ± 2.25 | 136.0 ± 2.90 | 139.0 ± 2.35 | 0.24 | >0.99 | 0.89 | 0.32 | | White cell count (×109/L) | 5.60 ± 0.32 | 6.80 ± 0.64 | 6.00 ± 0.25 | | | 0.52 | 0.28 | | Platelets | 228.0 ± 13.34 | 264.0 ± 15.80 | 249.50 ± 10.69 | 0.76 | >0.99 | >0.99 | >0.99 | | Haematocrit (%) | 0.41 ± 0.01 | 0.40 ± 0.01 | 0.41 ± 0.01 | 0.35 | >0.99 | >0.99 | 0.49 | | Red cell count (×1012/L) | 4.49 ± 0.07 | 4.55 ± 0.13 | 4.61 ± 0.07 | 0.53 | >0.99 | >0.99 | 0.79 | | MCV (fL) | 89.17 ± 0.69 | 89.20 ± 0.85 | 89.53 ± 0.68 | 0.72 | >0.99 | >0.99 | >0.99 | | Neutrophils (×109/L) | 3.38 ± 0.25 | 4.20 ± 0.49 | 3.53 ± 0.17 | 0.39 | 0.53 | 0.82 | >0.99 | | Lymphocytes (×109/L) | 1.63 ± 0.09 | 2.30 ± 0.23 | 1.95 ± 0.10 | | | 0.13 | 0.11 | | Monocytes (×109/L) | 0.31 ± 0.02 | 0.45 ± 0.03 | 0.33 ± 0.02 | | | | >0.99 | | Eosinophils (×109/L) | 0.14 ± 0.015 | 0.21 ± 0.03 | 0.12 ± 0.01 | | 0.13 | | 0.91 | | Basophils (×109/L) | 0.02 ± 0.004 | 0.03 ± 0.004 | 0.02 ± 0.003 | 0.41 | 0.56 | >0.99 | >0.99 | | ESR (mm/Hr) | 10.50 ± 2.59 | 13.00 ± 5.29 | 10.00 ± 1.91 | 0.21 | >0.99 | 0.89 | 0.26 |
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Data is represented as mean ± SEM, where represents .
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