Table 2.

The levels of iron metabolism-related proteins in CSF in PD group and control group (mean ± SD).

	Control group n = 20	PD group n = 13	P
ferritin (ng/ml)	2.75 ± 0.65	3.71 ± 1.54	0.025*
transferrin (μg/ml)	0.17 ± 0.26	0.15 ± 0.03	0.122
lactoferrin (μg/ml)	126.79 ± 95.50	131.50 ± 74.78	0.883

Two -tailed t test was used for the comparison. *P < 0.05.