Table 2. CSF and plasma Aβ42 levels in patients with severe TBI acutely after injury and in controls. Data are given as median (interquartile range).

		N	CSF Aβ42 (pg/mL)	N	Plasma Aβ42 (pg/mL)
TBI	Admission	12	105.9 (46.02–216.2)†	12	17.02 (14.75–28.59)†
	Diffuse Injury (Admission)	6	105.9 (52.45–227.6)	6	19.65 (14.91–32.90)
	Focal Mass Lesion (Admission)	6	118.7(16.59–239.3)	6	16.61 (13.21–27.35)
	Survivors (Admission)	6	161.1 (65.67–286.9)°	6	16.29 (14.13–18.88)°
	Non-Survivors (Admission)	6	46.02 (11.55–172.4)‡	6	27.97 (13.66–32.90)‡
	Controls	15	537.6 (350.8–710.0)	20	7.289 (6.126–8.668)

^†p < .0001 (p values of the Mann-Whitney test for differences between the groups [TBI versus Controls]).

^°p < .05, or ^‡ p < .0001 (p values of the post-hoc test for differences between Survivors and Non-survivors versus Controls).