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Table 1 Demographics of subjects in CSF Experiment 1 and Experiment 2 sample sets

From: Identification of a novel biomarker candidate, a 4.8-kDa peptide fragment from a neurosecretory protein VGF precursor, by proteomic analysis of cerebrospinal fluid from children with acute encephalopathy using SELDI-TOF-MS

 

Age

(months)

Gender

(M/F)

Number of cells in CSF

(/ml)

Total protein in CSF

(mg/dl)

Total sugar in CSF

(mg/dl)

Experiment 1

     

Febrile seizure

(n = 28)

29.8 ± 24.9

20/8

1.2 ± 1.1

18.7 ± 8.0

84.5 ± 16.5

Encephalopathy

(n = 8)

46.4 ± 33.4

4/4

1.2 ± 1.0

22.9 ± 11.5

95.0 ± 43.4

Experiment 2

Febrile seizure

(n = 14)

44.1 ± 40.6

10/4

1.5 ± 1.5

18.8 ± 4.1

84.1 ± 14.3

Encephalopathy

(n = 5)

48.4 ± 38.5

3/2

3.0 ± 2.3

16.7 ± 6.0

76.3 ± 19.4

  1. M/F: Male/Female.