Characteristics of 212 participants with well-defined post-treatment Lyme disease*
| All participants n=212 | |
| Age at study visit | 48.00 (37.00, 58.00) (18.00, 82.00) |
| Male gender | 124 (58.5%) |
| White, non-Hispanic | 190 (89.6%) |
| Years of education | 16.00 (14.00, 18.00) (10.00, 30.00) |
| Annual household income >US$100K | 119/203 (58.6%) |
| Currently out of work on disability | 12 (5.7%) |
| Lyme disease onset while resident of CDC Lyme disease ‘high-incidence’ state29 | 205 (96.7%) |
| CDC ‘confirmed’ initial Lyme disease presentation16 | 124 (58.5%) |
| Duration from Lyme disease onset to study visit (years) | 1.67 (0.68, 3.81) (0.06, 28.59) |
| Total antibiotic exposure from Lyme disease onset to study visit (weeks) | 8.57 (4.43, 14.29) (2.00, 168.57) |
*Data from categorical variables are presented as count (%). Data from normally distributed continuous variables are presented as mean±SD (range) and from continuous variables not normally distributed as median (25th percentile, 75th percentile) (range). Proportions were calculated based on non-missing data and may not add to 100% because of rounding. Missing data are as follows: Years of education, 1 (0.5%); Annual household income, 9 (4.2%).
CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; PTLD, post-treatment Lyme disease.