Attenuated cerebrospinal fluid leukocyte count and sepsis in adults with pneumococcal meningitis: a prospective cohort study

Table 2 Correlations between indexes of inflammation in cerebrospinal fluid and blood

	CSF WBC	CSF glucose level	CSF protein level	Blood WBC	Thrombocyte count	ESR	CRP
CSF WBC	1.0	0.002	0.20**	0.29**	0.21**	-0.15*	-0.18*
CSF glucose level	0.002	1.0	-0.37*	-0.03	0.13*	-0.12	-0.16*
CSF protein level	0.20**	-0.37*	1.0	0.10	-0.17**	0.07	0.14
Blood WBC	0.29**	-0.03	0.10	1.0	0.35**	-0.12*	-0.06
Thrombocyte count	0.21**	0.13*	-0.17**	0.35**	1.0	0.15*	-0.18*
ESR	-0.15*	-0.12	0.07	-0.12*	0.15*	1.0	0.48**
CRP	-0.18*	-0.16*	0.14	-0.06	-0.18*	0.48**	1.0

All data are given as Spearman's correlation coefficients.
*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; WBC, white blood cell count; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, C-reactive protein.

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