CSF Levels of Angiopoietin-2 Do Not Differ between Patients with CSF Fluid Leakage Syndrome and Controls

Table 3

Summary of the statistics. CSF: cerebrospinal fluid; C: control subjects; LS: subjects with CSF leakage; Ang-2: angiopoietin-2; Q: quotient, that is, CSF to serum ratio; alb.: albumin; Ig: immunoglobulin.

	LS			C
	Median	25% percentile	75% percentile	Median	25% percentile	75% percentile
Cell count	3.00	1.05	15.08	1.00	0.30	2.55	0.092
CSF total protein (g/L)	0.74	0.45	1.02	0.41	0.34	0.56	0.063
CSF lactate (mmol/L)	1.74	1.57	1.83	1.73	1.44	1.88	0.625
Qalb	11.55	8.08	17.43	5.96	5.04	9.47	0.028
Mean CSF Ang-2 (pg/mL)	0.33	0.21	0.43	0.25	0.22	0.31	0.272
Mean serum Ang-2 (pg/mL)	1.04	0.76	2.00	0.93	0.58	1.36	0.405
QAng-2	0.30	0.11	0.55	0.25	0.22	0.39	0.791
QAng-2/Qalb	23.3	10.1	42.8	42.3	31.5	63.9	0.105
IgG ratio	7.90	4.43	10.64	2.99	2.44	6.56	0.036
IgA ratio	4.40	2.66	7.07	1.77	1.32	2.98	0.013
IgM ratio	1.60	1.00	2.72	0.48	0.35	0.72	0.002