Table 3 Serum GFAP and UCH-L1 concentrations in cases stratified by neuroimaging results.

From: Serum Concentrations of Ubiquitin C-Terminal Hydrolase-L1 and Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein after Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

  

N

GFAP (ng/mL)

UCH-L1 (ng/mL)

Cases

Positive CT (ICI)

29

0.73 (0.15–2.28) +++

0.44 (0.17–0.99) +++

Skull Fracture Only

6

0.58 (0.09–1.59) ++

0.14 (0.08–0.22) +*

Negative CT

10

0.21 (0.08–1.37) +++

0.14 (0.08–0.27) +**

  1. ICI = intracranial injury. Symbols indicate statistical difference of the Mann-Whitney test for differences between groups: vs Controls (+++) p < 0.001, (++) p < 0.01, (+) p < 0.05; vs Positive CT (*) p < 0.05, (**) p < 0.01.
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