Table 2.

Relationship of Admission Cerebrospinal Fluid Tau Concentrations With Demographic and Clinical Characteristics in 145 Ugandan Children With Cerebral Malaria

Clinical Characteristics	Spearman ρ	P Value
Age	–0.37	<.001
Lactate level (n = 142)	0.07	.38
Glucose level (n = 143)	–0.25	.003
Hemoglobin	–0.27	<.001
Presence of malaria retinopathy (n = 144)	0.17	.04
Parasite density (PfHRP-2 level)	0.06	.43
Sequestered parasite biomass	0.07	.39
Acute kidney injury (n = 140)	0.29	<.001
CSF:plasma albumin ratio (n = 142)	0.37	<.001

Abbreviations: CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; PfHRP-2, P. falciparum histidine-rich protein.