Free Fatty Acids in CSF and Neurological Clinical Scores: Prognostic Value for Stroke Severity in ICU

Table 8

Correlation between free fatty acids in CSF and neurological causes of mortality.

	Neurological causes of mortality				value
	Yes (10)		No (52)
	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean ± SD	Range
FFA in CSF	0.48 ± 0.38	0.16–1.40	0.31 ± 0.19	0.10–1.20	0.037

The ROC curve for correlation between FFA in CSF and neurological causes of mortality showed a cutoff value of 0.37 nmol/µl, specificity of 76.1%, and sensitivity of 61.5%. value = 0.038 (Figure 2 and Table 9).