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Table 4 Spearman's correlation coefficients for cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers

From: Accuracy of heparin-binding protein for the diagnosis of nosocomial meningitis and ventriculitis

Biomarkers

Spearman's rank correlation coefficients

p value

 

Spearman's partial correlation coefficients

p value

HBP—PMN

0.86

p < 0.01

 

0.68

p < 0.01

HBP—WBC

0.81

p < 0.01

 

0.57

p < 0.01

WBC—lactate

0.75

p < 0.01

 

0.38

p < 0.01

HBP—lactate

0.74

p < 0.01

 

0.34

p < 0.01

  1. HBP heparin-binding protein. WBC white blood cell. PMN polymorphonuclear cell