Table 2.

Comparison between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid iron, heme, hemopexin and haptoglobin concentrations

	24 hours		48 hours		72 hours
	Plasma	CSF	Plasma	CSF	Plasma	CSF
Iron (mg/dL)	243.4 (137.8 - 459.1)	50.93 (34.01 - 73.62)*	74.85 (53.04 - 244.9)	37.76 (32.92 - 170.2)	94.4 (3.67 - 167.3)	54.99 (43.57 - 72.26)*
Heme (nM)	628 (587 - 1125)	599.9 (591.9 - 643.8)	604.7 (583.4 - 633.2)	613.5 (591.7 - 745.9)	630.7 (594.8 - 658.8)	682.4 (639.6 - 1093)
Hemopexin (mg/dL)	46.11 (25.02 - 78.47)	0.95 (0 - 8.0)*	50.45 (17.16 - 113.8)	0 (0 - 2.82)*	30.27 (15.46 - 65.37)	0.07 (0 - 4.74)*
Haptoglobin (mg/dL)	72.4 (42.9 - 156.3)	0.595 (0 - 4.898)*	109.3 (43.52 - 245.5)	0.865 (0 - 5.853)*	93.72 (59.18 - 205.5)	1.275 (0 - 6.175)*

CSF - cerebrospinal fluid. Values are expressed by median (interquartile range).

^*Significant value (p< 0.05). Mann-Whitney test was performed between plasma and cerebrospinal fluid groups at different time points.