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Table 4 Pupil Diameters (mm) at Admission and Discharge

From: Possible involvement of the autonomic nervous system in cervical muscles of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS)

 

Total

ME/CFS recovered

ME/CFS unrecovered

P-value

D-A

P-value

(D-A) / A

Admission

Discharge

D-A

(D-A) / A

Admission

Discharge

D-A

(D-A) / A

Admission

Discharge

D-A

(D-A) / A

Variables

5.440 (1.034)

5.394 (1.050)

-0.046 (0.633)

-0.002 (0.123)

5.480 (1.063)

5.380 (1.076)

-0.099 (0.700)

-0.011 (0.134)

5.391 (0.997)

5.411 (1.017)

0.020 (0.532)

0.009 (0.107)

0.001

0.007

Sex

 Men

5.621 (1.117)

5.541 (1.089)

−0.080 (0.621)

−0.008 (0.114)

5.672 (1.172)

5.520 (1.110)

−0.152 (0.666)

− 0.019 (0.119)

5.555 (1.042)

5.567 (1.064)

0.013 (0.548)

0.007 (0.104)

0.005

0.015

 Women

5.336 (0.969)

5.310 (1.017)

−0.027 (0.640)

0.001 (0.129)

5.367 (0.977)

5.298 (1.047)

−0.068 (0.719)

−0.005 (0.142)

5.299 (0.960)

5.324 (0.980)

0.025 (0.523)

0.010 (0.109)

0.043

0.265

Age strata (years old)

 10–49

5.807 (0.914)

5.772 (0.901)

−0.035 (0.637)

0.001 (0.118)

5.853 (0.949)

5.764 (0.930)

−0.089 (0.687)

−0.008 (0.126)

5.750 (0.866)

5.782 (0.865)

0.032 (0.562)

0.011 (0.107)

0.010

0.029

 50–89

4.889 (0.958)

4.827 (1.001)

−0.062 (0.629)

−0.006 (0.131)

4.920 (0.976)

4.806 (1.024)

−0.114 (0.721)

−0.015 (0.146)

4.850 (0.937)

4.853 (0.974)

0.003 (0.483)

0.005 (0.109)

0.040

0.101

Hospitalization period (days)

 5–60

5.505 (1.044)

5.455 (1.042)

−0.050 (0.606)

−0.003 (0.112)

5.594 (1.085)

5.459 (1.076)

−0.135 (0.674)

−0.018 (0.117)

5.404 (0.988)

5.450 (1.005)

0.047 (0.501)

0.014 (0.103)

0.001

0.001

 61–120

5.393 (1.025)

5.349 (1.053)

−0.043 (0.653)

−0.001 (0.131)

5.401 (1.041)

5.326 (1.073)

−0.075 (0.717)

−0.005 (0.145)

5.381 (1.006)

5.380 (1.027)

−0.001 (0.554)

0.005 (0.111)

0.134

0.317

  1. mean (standard deviation)