Demographic characteristics of study cohorts
| Subject group | Number of subjects | Mean age—years (SD) | Female sex—no. (%) | White race—no. (%) |
| Original cohorts* | ||||
| NCWS | 80 | 34.6 (10.3) | 62 (78) | 80 (100) |
| Coeliac disease | 40 | 34.5 (13.7) | 30 (75) | 40 (100) |
| Healthy† | 40 | 35.0 (12.8) | 30 (75) | 40 (100) |
| Secondary cohorts‡ | ||||
| ME/CFS | 131 | 50.0 (11.4) | 89 (68) | 117 (91) |
| Healthy† | 86 | 50.0 (12.8) | 68 (79) | 80 (93) |
*Cohorts used to generate the discriminant function. For more information about these cohorts, see reference 1.
†There is no subject overlap between the two healthy control cohorts.
‡Cohorts on which the discriminant analysis was performed.
ME/CFS, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome; NCWS, non-coeliac wheat sensitivity.