Criteria set ME/CFS | Post-exertional malaise inclusion | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | Author/institution | No PEM (CF) | Optional PEM (CFS) | Required PEM (ME) |
CDC (1988), Holmes definition | Holmes 1988 [53], Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA | Â | X | Â |
Oxford (1991) | Sharpe 1991 [22] | X | Â | Â |
CDC (1994), Fukuda definition | Fukuda 1994 [23], Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Â | X | Â |
London (1994) | The National Task Force on CFS/PVFS/ME 1994 [54] | Â | Xa | Â |
CCC (2003), Canadian Consensus Criteria for ME/CFS | Carruthers 2003 [24] | Â | Â | X |
Empirical CDC (2005) | Reeves 2005 [55], Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA | Â | X | Â |
NICE guideline (2007) | Nice 2007 [56], UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence |  | Xb |  |
Canada-revised (2010) | Jason 2010 [57] | Â | Â | X |
ME-ICC (2011), International Consensus Criteria for ME | Carruthers 2011 [25] | Â | Â | Xc |
IOM (2015) (SEID) | Institute of Medicine 2015 [1] | Â | Â | X |