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Comparison between MS patients and controls using the serum glutamate concentration (nmol/ml).
| Parameters | MS patients n = 55 |
Healthy control n = 25 |
(p value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serum glutamate level nmol/ml (mean ± SD) |
(1.32 ± 0.54) | (0.87 ± 0.34) |
t-test p = 0.001 HS (p < 0.01) |
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| ||||
| Serum glutamate nmol/ml (cut-off) |
Hyper (>cut-off) |
(41) 74.5% | (9) 36% |
X
2 p = 0.001 HS (p < 0.01) Odds ratio = 5.206) |
| Normal (<cut-off) |
(14) 25.5% | (16) 64% | ||
