Multiple Sclerosis: Evaluation of Purine Nucleotide Metabolism in Central Nervous System in Association with Serum Levels of Selected Fat-Soluble Antioxidants

Table 1

Levels of selected biochemical parameters in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and the neurological control group.

	Reference	Control (𝑛=34)	MS (𝑛=42)	𝑃 value
Age		36.06±11.92	36.49±11.97	NS
Gender (male : female)		8 : 26	10 : 32
QA	≤7.4	4.56±1.28	5.37±1.75	0.0293
IgG, CSF (g/L)	0–0.04	0.02±0.01	0.06±0.02	0.0000
IgG, serum (g/L)	7–17	9.32±2.37	11.79±2.58	0.0001
Albumin, CSF (g/L)	0–0.35	0.20±0.07	0.24±0.08	0.0274
Albumin, serum (g/L)	37–53	42.00±3.00	43.04±3.11	NS
IgG index	<0.66	0.44±0.04	0.99±0.36	0.0000
RIG (mg/L)	0	0	14.38±14.76	0.0000

The mean ± standard deviation is shown.