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Table 2.

Summary of Significant Correlations (Kendall's Tau) between Individual Blood Analyses and Initial Neurological Function

		Age [y]	WBC	RBC	Hb	Hematocrit	MCHb	Neutrophils	Sodium	Creatinine	Albumin	Alkaline	Total Protein	Calcium	PTT
		Age [y]	WBC	RBC	Hb	Hematocrit	MCHb	Neutrophils	Sodium	Creatinine	Albumin	phosphatase	Total Protein	Calcium	PTT
Initial total motor	tau			0.272^**	0.173^*	0.198^*	-0.163^*	-0.164^*	0.203^*		0.277^***	0.183^*	0.345^***	0.254^**
	p value			0.004	0.030	0.013	0.041	0.046	0.015		0.001	0.025	<0.001	0.003
	n			54	75	75	75	71	72		71	71	65	65
Initial touch	tau	0.219^**		0.272^**		0.160^*	-0.154^*		0.179^*		0.229^**		0.266^**	0.245^**
	p value	0.004		0.002		0.035	0.043		0.026		0.005		0.002	0.004
	n	82		61		82	82		78		77		68	68
Initial pain	tau	0.226^**	0.151^*	0.278^**		0.179^*		-0.165^*	0.215^**	-0.165^*	0.244^**		0.284^***	0.270^***	-0.236^*
	p value	0.003	0.046	0.002		0.018		0.035	0.007	0.032	0.002		0.001	0.001	0.024
	n	82	82	61		82		78	78	81	77		68	68	50
Initial AIS motor	tau			0.323^***	0.191^*	0.212^**	-0.165^*		0.229^**		0.315^***	0.187^*	0.355^***	0.261^**
	p value			<0.001	0.013	0.006	0.032		0.005		<0.001	0.019	<0.001	0.002
	n			61	82	82	82		78		77	77	68	68
Initial AIS sensory	tau	0.230^**		0.290^***		0.176^*	-0.159^*		0.196^*		0.242^**		0.283^***	0.257^**	-0.218^*
	p value	0.002		0.001		0.020	0.036		0.014		0.003		0.001	0.002	0.036
	n	82		61		82	82		78		77		68	68	50

^{^*}

p ≤ 0.05; ^**p ≤ 0.01; ^***p ≤ 0.001. p values given in italics to help discriminate between tau values and p values.

WBC, white blood cells; RBC, red blood cells; Hb, hemoglobin; MCHb, mean cell hemoglobin; PTT, prothrombin time.