Table 1.

Basal demographics of GBS, MS and MF patients, and healthy controls.

	Controls	GBS	MS	MFS
Total number (n)	40	38	22	10
Sex (male)	62.5%	63.2%	31.8%	40%
Mean age (±SD)	41.9 ± 15.5	41.3 ± 16.1	34.9 ± 11.5	43.2 ± 16.4
HFGS at nadir	−	3.0 ± 1.2	−	2.0 ± 0.7
HFGS at discharge	−	2.0 ± 1.2	−	1.0 ± 0.0
Protein in CSF (mg/dL)		116.6 ± 85.9	36.3 ± 15.1	64.9 ± 58.1
WBC in CSF (cells/μl)		2.3 ± 2.9	2.7 ± 3.9	1.3 ± 3.5

Abbreviations: GBS, Guillain-Barre syndrome; MS, Multiple sclerosis;

HFGS, Hughes functional grading scale; WBC, white blood cells.