Table 1

Demographic data for 111 subjects from the Wichita clinical study


Empiric Classification
LCA Classification





CFS
(n = 39)
IFS
(n = 35)
Controls
(n = 37)
LCA-1
(n = 23)
LCA-3
(n = 17)
LCA-4
(n = 11)
LCA-5
(n = 14)
LCA-6
(n = 11)
LCA-0/2
(n = 35)

Mean Age (SD)
51.4 (8.2)
50.3 (8.2)
51.6 (9.0)
50.9 (7.6)
54.7 (5)
44.4 (8.7)
48.2 (10.2)
55.8 (3.4)
51.3 (9)
Mean Years Ill (SD)
16.7 (11.0)
14.4 (10.0)
2.8 (5.0)
15.5 (10.7)
11.3 (4)
16.0 (12.3)
16.8 (10.5)
16.4 11.2
14.3 (12.9)
Race [n (%) ]









     White
35 (90.0)
32 (91.4)
36 (97.3)
21 (91)
17 (100)
10 (90.9)
11 (78.6)
11 (100)
33 (94.3)
     Black
1 (2.6)
3 (8.6)
1 (2.7)
1 (4.4)
0 (0)
1 (9.1)
1 (7.1)
0 (0)
2 (5.7)
     Multiple Race
2 (5.1)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
2 (14.3)
0 (0)
0 (0)
     Other
1 (2.6)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (4.4)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Onset Type









     Gradual
32 (82.0)
28 (80.0)
10 (27.0)
18 (78.3)
14 (82.4)
9 (81.8)
11 (78.6)
10 (90.9)
8 (22.9)
     Sudden
6 (15.4)
3 (8.6)
0 (0.0)
3 (13)
1 (5.9)
1 (9.1)
3 (21.4)
1 (9.1)
0 (0.0
     Undetermined
1 (2.6)
4 (11.4)
27 (73.0)
2 (8.7)
2 (11.8)
1 (9.1)
0 (0)
0 (0)
27 (77.1)
BMI [n (%) ]









     <25
5 (13.8)
10 (28.6)
7 (18.9)
0 (0)
4 (23.5)
8 (72.7)
3 (21.4)
3 (27.3)
4 (11.4)
     25–30
20 (51.3)
14 (40)
18 (48.7)
9 (39.1)
6 (35.3)
3 (27.3)
9 (64.3)
7 (63.6)
18 (51.4)
     >30
14 (35.9)
11 (31.4)
12 (32.4)
14 (60.9)
7 (41.2)
0 (0)
2 (14.3)
1 (9.1)
13 (37.1)

1 SD is standard deviation

Aspler et al. Behavioral and Brain Functions 2008 4:44   doi:10.1186/1744-9081-4-44