Table 2 Results of chemical analysis of AC fluid and CSF in the same patients, with units, number of samples in calculation (n), mean results for AC fluid and CSF with standard error of mean (SEM) and means of AC fluid/CSF ratio.

Sodium

mmol/L

13

142.23 +/- 2.14

142.08 +/- 2.71

1.00

Potassium

mmol/L

13

2.47 +/- 0.04

2.35 +/- 0.07

1.05

Chloride

mmol/L

13

121.23 +/- 1.94

120.15 +/- 2.54

1.01

Calcium

mmol/L

13

1.07 +/- 0.01

1.03 +/- 0.03

1.04

Magnesium

mmol/L

13

1.20 +/-0.01

1.14 +/- 0.03

1.05

Phosphate

mmol/L

13

0.39 +/-0.01

0.35 +/- 0.01

1.11*

Glucose

mmol/L

13

2.85 +/- 0.09

3.13 +/- 0.11

0.92

Protein

g/L

10

0.30 +/-0.03

0.41 +/- 0.04

0.71**

Lactate dehydrogenase

U/L

11

17.91 +/- 2.93

35.55 +/- 4.61

0.57**

Ferritin

ug/L

11

7.82 +/- 1.00

25.55 +/- 6.20

0.31**

Osmolarity

mosmol/L

13

290.15 +/-1.07

290.08 +/- 0.96

1.00

IgG

g/L

< 1.50

< 1.50

IgA

g/L

< 0.25

< 0.25

IgM

g/L

< 0.18

< 0.18

Iron

umol/L

low

low

Triglycerides

mmol/L

low

low