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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2020 Sep 15;88(5):984–994. doi: 10.1002/ana.25889

Table 3.

Associations Between Neuronal Injury Markers (GFAP, Tau, UCHL-1) and Postoperative Delirium

Delirium Delirium Delirium
GFAP (pg/ml) OR (95% CI) Tau (pg/ml) OR (95% CI) UCHL-1 (pg/ml) OR (95% CI)
PREOP (n=53 matched pairs) PREOP (n=53 matched pairs) PREOP (n=52 matched pairs)
Q1 ≤164.24 Reference Q1 ≤1.85 Reference Q1 ≤12.24 Reference
Q2 164.25–225.41 1.78 (0.54–5.87) Q2 1.86–2.71 3.30 (0.93–11.75) Q2 12.25–18.84 1.14 (0.36–3.71)
Q3 225.42–333.04 2.03 (0.60–6.94) Q3 2.72–4.50 1.81 (0.63–5.24) Q3 18.85–34.45 1.96 (0.57–6.66)
Q4 ≥333.05 2.97 (0.72–2.20) Q4 ≥4.51 2.22 (0.78–6.32) Q4 ≥34.46 1.39 (0.46–4.20)
 p for trend 0.14  p for trend 0.29  p for trend 0.54
POD2 (n=44 matched pairs) POD2 (n=44 matched pairs) POD2 (n=48 matched pairs)
Q1 ≤174.14 Reference Q1 ≤2.15 Reference Q1 ≤19.93 Reference
Q2 174.15–243.49 0.93 (0.29–2.97) Q2 2.16–3.26 0.86 (0.30–2.48) Q2 19.94–31.35 0.75 (0.22–2.60)
Q3 243.50–385.18 1.05 (0.31–3.58) Q3 3.27–5.33 2.28 (0.62–8.45) Q3 31.36–64.74 1.24 (0.37–4.19)
Q4 ≥385.19 2.19 (0.56–8.53) Q4 ≥5.34 0.91 (0.32–2.60) Q4 ≥64.75 2.17 (0.63–7.44)
P for trend 0.25 P for trend 0.68 P for trend 0.19

Abbreviations: GFAP=glial fibrillary acidic protein, POD2=postoperative day 2, PREOP=preoperative, Q=quartiles, UCHL-1 = ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase L1, Q=quartile