Highlights
- Associations between inflammatory markers and common symptoms in ME/CFS.•
- Higher levels of markers were significantly associated with higher levels of symptoms.•
- Biological sex moderated several associations.
Background
Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) often present with a range of flu-like symptoms resembling sickness behavior as well as widespread pain and concentration deficits. The aim of this study was to explore the association between inflammatory markers previously shown to be related to fatigue severity in ME/CFS and common ME/CFS symptoms post-exertional fatigue, impaired cognitive processing, musculoskeletal pain and recurrent flu-like symptoms, and the moderating effect of sex on these associations.
From Psychoneuroendocrinology, Volume 113
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