Table 1 Study participants and routine CSF analysisa
From: Neuroinflammation in Lyme neuroborreliosis affects amyloid metabolism
| Group | N | M/F |
Age years |
Disease durationb |
CSF monocytes ×106/L | CSF albumin ratio |
CSF albumin (mg/l) mean (range) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-sectional study | ||||||||||
| Controls | 22 | 9/13 |
44 (25-67) | - |
1 (1 - 34) |
4.65 (2.7-10.5) |
222 (83 - 411) | |||
| LNB with facial palsy | 19 | 11/8 |
42 (8 - 72) | 21 |
136 (14 - 534) |
16.3c
(3.8-49.9) |
861c
(166 - 2850) | |||
| Bell's palsy | 42 | 18/24 |
36 (16-70) | 5 |
2 (1 - 39) |
4.7d
(2.3-11.5) |
206d
(114 - 569) | |||
| Follow-up study | ||||||||||
| Controls | 10 | 6/4 |
63 (51-70) | - | Missing data |
6.4 (4.7-10.1) |
302 (192 - 579) | |||
| Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | |||||
| LNB | 26 | 17/9 |
49 (12-74) | 28 |
105 (14-590) |
12 (2-21) |
15c
(5.7-49.3) |
6.1e
(4.7-13.6) |
816c
(267-2180) |
322e
(146-707) |