. 2020 Jan 9;37(3):466–480. doi: 10.1089/neu.2019.6495

Table 3.

Summary of Significant Correlations (Kendall's Tau) between Individual Blood Analyses and Outcome Neurology at 3 and 12 Months Post-Injury

		Age [y]	RBC	Hb	Hematocrit	Basophils	Sodium	Potassium	Albumin	Gamma GT	Total protein	Calcium
3 m Total motor	tau	0.269^***	0.286^**	0.164^*	0.196^*	0.232^*		0.183^*	0.243^**		0.307^***	0.188^*
	p value	0.001	0.003	0.044	0.016	0.045		0.032	0.005		0.001	0.038
	n	72	51	72	72	50		69	68		59	59
3 m Touch	tau	0.276^***	0.324^***	0.159^*	0.196^*	0.234^*			0.206^*		0.246^**	0.243^**
	p value	<0.001	<0.001	0.043	0.012	0.033			0.013		0.005	0.005
	n	79	58	79	79	57			74		65	65
3 m Pain	tau	0.258^***	0.316^***	0.173^*	0.197^*						0.198^*	0.203^*
	p value	0.001	<0.001	0.025	0.011						0.022	0.018
	n	80	59	80	80						66	66
3 m AIS Motor	tau	0.296^***	0.331^***	0.206^**	0.243^**	0.246^*	0.181^*		0.261^**		0.318^***	0.200^*
	p value	<0.001	<0.001	0.009	0.002	0.025	0.030		0.002		<0.001	0.022
	n	79	58	79	79	57	75		74		65	65
3 m AIS Sensory	tau	0.266^***	0.302^***	0.160^*	0.190^*	0.234^*			0.171^*		0.220^*	0.223^**
	p value	0.001	0.001	0.039	0.014	0.031			0.038		0.012	0.010
	n	79	58	79	79	57			74		65	65
1 y Total Motor	tau	0.279^**	0.281^*						0.196^*
	p value	0.002	0.016						0.042
	n	59	38						56
1 y Touch	tau	0.258^**	0.234^*			0.281^*				0.182^*	0.199^*	0.186^*
	p value	0.002	0.016			0.014				0.032	0.031	0.040
	n	72	51			51				67	59	59
1 y Pain	tau	0.273^***	0.224^*			0.283^*					0.215^*
	p value	0.001	0.021			0.014					0.020
	n	72	51			51					59
1 y AIS Motor	tau	0.375^***	0.352^***	0.196^*	0.247^**	0.230^*			0.220^*		0.239^**
	p value	<0.001	<0.001	0.017	0.002	0.045			0.011		0.009
	n	74	53	74	74	53			69		61
1 y AIS Sensory	tau	0.259^***	0.232^*			0.286^*				0.168^*	0.215^*	0.193^*
	p value	0.001	0.017			0.013				0.046	0.019	0.033
	n	72	51			51				67	59	59

^{^*}

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

RBC, red blood cells; Hb, hemogobin; gamma GT, gamma-glutamyl transferase; AIS, American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Impairment Scale.