Table 1.

Correlation among spongiosis, PrP^sc accumulation, astrogliosis, and microgliosis in all CJD types analyzed in the study (Pearson’s correlation).

		PrPsc	GFAP	Microglia
Spongiosis	Pearson’s correlation	0.301 **	0.164 **	0.205 **
	p-value	0.000	0.008	0.001
PrPsc	Pearson’s correlation	1.00	−0.06	0.09
	p-value		0.313	0.127
GFAP	Pearson’s correlation		1.00	0.219 **
	p-value			0.000

** p < 0.01