Table 1.

Concentrations of metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid specimens from the three groups

Group	Lactate (μmol/l)	Alanine (μmol/l)	Acetate (μmol/l)	Glutamate (μmol/l)	Pyruvate (μmol/l)	Citrate (μmol/l)
M	1,681.37 ± 758.62	72.05 ± 44.51	35.91 ± 26.08	527.08 ± 205.31	54.49 ± 35.82	306.16 ± 142.48
R	1,547.70 ± 721.09	65.80 ± 43.08	36.15 ± 23.83	463.39 ± 167.62	52.86 ± 41.21	250.74 ± 105.86
Control	1,629.56 ± 614.27	66.09 ± 36.97	31.54 ± 20.26	540.82 ± 160.29	62.06 ± 36.53	292.19 ± 182.37

Values are given as mean ± standard deviation