Table 5 Duration of illness prior to recruitment
From: A Disease Register for ME/CFS: Report of a Pilot Study
Duration (years) | Males | Females | All Participants | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No. cases | % total | No. cases | % total | No. cases | % total |
< 2 | - | 0.0 | 1 | 1.3 | 1 | 1.0 |
2 < 5 | 2 | 8.7 | 18 | 22.8 | 20 | 19.6 |
5 < 10 | 10 | 43.5 | 23 | 29.1 | 33 | 32.3 |
10 < 20 | 9 | 39.1 | 25 | 31.6 | 34 | 33.3 |
20+ | 2 | 8.7 | 12 | 15.2 | 14 | 13.7 |
TOTAL | 23 | 100.0 | 79 | 100.0 | 102 | 100.0 |