Research Article

Iron Metabolism Disturbance in a French Cohort of ALS Patients

Table 1

Characteristics of ALS patients and controls.

ALS ( )Controls ( ) value

Mean age (years ± SD) 0.520
Sex ratio (male/female) 0.898
CRP (mg/L ± SD) 0.958
Plasma creatinine ( mol/L ± SD) <0.0001
eGFR MDRD (mL/min ± SD) <0.0001
Bulbar onset (%)40.8
Body weight at diagnosis (kg ± SD)

Differences were considered significant at .