Why the study?
Are there differences in blood pressure, heart rate, and their variabilities between patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy controls?
Population
76 subjects, comprising 38 patients fulfilling Holmes criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome and 38 healthy…
Design
Case-control
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May indicate autonomic dysregulation in CFS; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Are there differences in blood pressure, heart rate, and their variabilities between patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy controls?
Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome exhibit higher resting heart rates and altered supine blood pressure variability compared to healthy controls, suggesting mild autonomic dysregulation.
Duprez et al. (1998) studied this question.
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