Table 1 Basal demographics of GBS, MS and MF patients, and healthy controls.

From: Disturbance of Plasma Lipid Metabolic Profile in Guillain-Barre Syndrome

 

Controls

GBS

MS

MFS

Total number (n)

40

38

22

10

Sex (male)

62.5%

63.2%

31.8%

40%

Mean age (±SD)

41.9 ± 15.5

41.3 ± 16.1

34.9 ± 11.5

43.2 ± 16.4

HFGS at nadir

3.0 ± 1.2

2.0 ± 0.7

HFGS at discharge

2.0 ± 1.2

1.0 ± 0.0

Protein in CSF (mg/dL)

 

116.6 ± 85.9

36.3 ± 15.1

64.9 ± 58.1

WBC in CSF (cells/μl)

 

2.3 ± 2.9

2.7 ± 3.9

1.3 ± 3.5

  1. Abbreviations: GBS, Guillain-Barre syndrome; MS, Multiple sclerosis;
  2. HFGS, Hughes functional grading scale; WBC, white blood cells.