Table 3.

Characteristics of the study populations

Cohort	Time of sampling (T)a	Mean age (in years)	Gender (F/M)b	AISc	Location of injuryd	tSCI/pSCI ratioe
Patients n = 51	T0–T1	57	9/42	A-E	C-S	25/26
Healthy controls n = 49	–	55	17/32	–	–	–

^a T0 at hospitalization, T1 3 weeks after injury or surgery

^b F female, M male

^cAmerican Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale

^d C cervical, S sacral

^e tSCI traumatic spinal cord injury, pSCI pathologic spinal cord injury