Table 2.

Correlations between indexes of inflammation in cerebrospinal fluid and blood

	CSF WBC	CSF glucose level	CSF protein level	Blood WBC	Thrombocyte count	ESR	CRP
CSF WBC	1.0	0.002	0.20**	0.29**	0.21**	-0.15*	-0.18*
CSF glucose level	0.002	1.0	-0.37*	-0.03	0.13*	-0.12	-0.16*
CSF protein level	0.20**	-0.37*	1.0	0.10	-0.17**	0.07	0.14
Blood WBC	0.29**	-0.03	0.10	1.0	0.35**	-0.12*	-0.06
Thrombocyte count	0.21**	0.13*	-0.17**	0.35**	1.0	0.15*	-0.18*
ESR	-0.15*	-0.12	0.07	-0.12*	0.15*	1.0	0.48**
CRP	-0.18*	-0.16*	0.14	-0.06	-0.18*	0.48**	1.0

All data are given as Spearman's correlation coefficients.

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; WBC, white blood cell count; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, C-reactive protein.