The DecodeME research team working on the largest ever Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) study to see whether the disease is partly genetic, published the results of questionnaire responses from over 17,000 people with ME/CFS on NIHR Open Research.
A key finding from the paper is that while it is well known that most people with ME/CFS are females, what was not clear previously was that females tend to have more additional health conditions. Also, being female, being older and being over 10 years from ME/CFS onset, all make it more likely that someone is more severely affected by their ME/CFS.
Sky News covered the way in which ME/CFS affects women more severely in an in-depth article on 24 August. The Guardian also covered the story.
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