| M ME/CFS (n = 30) | F ME/CFS (n = 60) | P value |
Age (years) | 41 (13) | 42 (9) | 0.8611 |
Height (cm) | 181 (8) | 170 (7) | <0.0001 |
Weight (kg) | 81 (15) | 71 (14) | <0.0001 |
BSA duBois (m2) | 1.7 (0.2) | 1.4 (0.2) | <0.0001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.6 (4.5) | 24.7 (4.6) | 0.0715 |
Disease duration (years) | 10 (7-13) | 12 (9-20) | 0.1873 |
Heart rate rest (bpm) | 79 (12) | 88 (11) | 0.0017 |
Heart rate LAT (bpm) | 110 (14) | 116 (13) | 0.0302 |
Heart rate peak (bpm) | 149 (23) | 151 (19) | 0.7049 |
Systolic BP rest (mmHg) | 126 (17) | 123 (13) | 0.3251 |
Systolic BP peak (mmHg) | 188 (25) | 162 (18) | <0.0001 |
Diastolic BP rest (mmHg) | 81 (9) | 82 (9) | 0.8222 |
Diastolic BP peak (mmHg) | 107 (12) | 99 (12) | 0.0104 |
Workload LAT (watt) | 100 (32) | 60 (19) | <0.0001 |
Workload peak (watt) | 199 (55) | 121 (30) | <0.0001 |
VO2 at LAT (ml/min/kg) | 15 (5) | 12 (2) | <0.0001 |
VO2 peak (ml/min/kg) | 26 (8) | 19 (5) | <0.0001 |
Perc predicted VO2 at LAT (%) | 42 (14) | 44 (10) | 0.4599 |
Perc predicted VO2 at peak (%) | 72 (21) | 69 (17) | 0.4594 |
RER | 1.1 (0.12) | 1.1 (0.11) | 0.1330 |