Table 3.

The levels of iron and related proteins in CSF in PDSN+ and PDSN- groups

Iron and Related Proteins	PDSN- group (29 cases)	PDSN+ group (90 cases)	P value
Iron (ng/ml)	0.57(0.34~ 0.92)	0.89(0.42~ 3.32)	0.015*
Tf (ng/ml)	0.12(0.10~ 0.26)	0.13(0.11~ 0.19)	0.612
TfR1 (ng/ml)	228.07(106.35~ 264.98)	161.11(123.83~ 215.75)	0.134
Cp (ng/ml)	0.37(0.24~ 0.58)	0.24(0.11~ 0.51)	0.082
Fpn (pg/ml)	43.70(33.86~ 63.30)	35.31(23.39~ 51.65)	0.034*
Fer (ng/ml)	5.77(0.86~ 15.63)	2.08(1.12~ 11.11)	0.231
H-Fer (ng/ml)	1.10(0.80~ 1.60)	1.14(0.88~ 1.61)	0.743
L-Fer (ng/ml)	1.19(0.94~ 2.35)	1.29(0.87~ 1.56)	0.609

*P < 0.05