Table 1. ALS and non ALS patients characteristics.

	ALS patients (n = 50)	non ALS patients (n = 44)	p
Sex
Male	31 (62%)	27 (61%)	1.00
Female	19 (38%)	17 (39%)
Age	64.6 (35.0–90.6)	60.6 (26.8–82.9)	0.20
Blood
Glucose (mmol/L)	5.3 (4.4–7.0)	5.9 (4.8–9.0)	0.11
LCR
Leucocytes/mm3	1 (0–50)	1 (0–75)	0.32
Cell/mm3	0 (0–2200)	1 (0–75)	0.80
Protein (g/L)	0.43 (0.33–1.08)	0.45 (0.24–6.23)	0.89
Glucose (mmol/L)	3.3(0.56–7.16)	3.2 (0.15–8.9)	0.51

Data are expressed in median (range).