From: Fatigue in myasthenia gravis: is it more than muscular weakness?
Autonomic symptom | All patients (n = 82) | Fatigue cases (n = 36) | Odds ratio (95% CI)* | Total fatigue level | p-values |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sudomotor | Symptomatic | 26 | 17.0 | ||
(n = 41) | 5.4 (2.1 – 14.0) | 0.001** | |||
Asymptomatic | 10 | 12.0 | |||
(n = 41) | |||||
Sleep | Symptomatic | 22 | 16.8 | ||
disturbances | (n = 38) | 2.9 (1.2 – 7.3) | 0.001** | ||
Asymptomatic | 14 | 12.5 | |||
(n = 44) | |||||
Orthostatism | Symptomatic | 20 | 16.1 | ||
(n = 36) | 2.3 (1.0 – 5.7) | 0.04** | |||
Asymptomatic | 16 | 13.3 | |||
(n = 46) | |||||
Vasomotor | Symptomatic | 15 | 16.5 | ||
(n = 26) | 2.3 (0.9 – 5.9) | 0.03** | |||
Asymptomatic | 21 | 13.6 | |||
(n = 56) | |||||
Gastrointestinal | Symptomatic | 9 | 16.3 | ||
(n = 18) | 1.4 (0.5 – 4.0) | ns | |||
Asymptomatic | 27 | 14.0 | |||
(n = 64) |