Table 4.

Spearman's correlation coefficients for cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers

Biomarkers	Spearman's rank correlation coefficients	p value		Spearman's partial correlation coefficients	p value
HBP—PMN	0.86	p < 0.01		0.68	p < 0.01
HBP—WBC	0.81	p < 0.01		0.57	p < 0.01
WBC—lactate	0.75	p < 0.01		0.38	p < 0.01
HBP—lactate	0.74	p < 0.01		0.34	p < 0.01

HBP heparin-binding protein. WBC white blood cell. PMN polymorphonuclear cell