Table 1.

Demographic data and cerebrospinal fluid characteristics at baseline and follow-up

	SAH	ICH
n	43	11
Age, years; mean ± SD (range)	60.7 ± 12.2 (28–86)	67.6 ± 9.3 (55–85)
Sex, female; n (%)	29 (67.4)	6 (54.5)
Hunt & Hess, n (%)
Grad I-II	6 (14.0)
Grad III	12 (27.9)
Grad IV-V	25 (58.1)
Time between disease onset and BL sampling, days	5 (3–8)	6 (4–9)
Time between disease onset and FU sampling, days	27 (19–39)	26 (19–33)
Baseline CSF findings
RBC, /μl	32,000 (10667–96,000)	30,000 (3093–130,000)
WBC, /μl	91 (28–371)	73 (35–363)
Total protein, mg/l	1910 (880–2870)	2520 (1040–4280)
FU CSF findings
RBC count, /μl	106 (13–419)	72 (3–3072)
WBC count, /μl	9 (2–18)	18 (10–36)
Total protein, mg/l	410 (320–690)	840 (445–1625)

Data are given as median (interquartile range) unless otherwise specified

BL baseline, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, FU follow-up, ICH intracerebral haemorrhage, RBC red blood cell, SAH subarachnoid haemorrhage, WBC white blood cell