| Former football players NBD +  | Former football players NBD- | Unexposed individuals NBD- | uncorr-p | FDR-p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CSF biomarkers | n = 76 | n = 61 | n = 41 |  |  |
CSF interleukin-1β, mean (SD) pg/mL | 0.12 (0.09) | 0.10 (0.08) | 0.11 (0.09) | 0.358 | 0.716 |
CSF interleukin-6, mean (SD) pg/mL | 1.73 (0.93) | 1.42 (0.57) | 1.43 (0.68) | 0.020* | 0.120 |
CSF interleukin-8, mean (SD) pg/mL | 47.1 (13.2) | 48.7 (12.9) | 47.2 (14.9) | 0.549 | 0.824 |
CSF interleukin-10, mean (SD) pg/mL | 0.09 (0.08) | 0.08 (0.07) | 0.08 (0.06) | 0.704 | 0.845 |
CSF C-reactive protein, median (IQR) pg/mL | 5390 (9778) | 4370 (6267) | 4730 (6910) | 0.266 | 0.716 |
CSF tumor necrosis factor-α, mean (SD) pg/mL | 0.13 (0.13) | 0.13 (0.12) | 0.14 (0.15) | 0.924 | 0.924 |
Plasma biomarkers | n = 102 | n = 75 | n = 54 |  |  |
Plasma interleukin-1β, mean (SD) pg/mL | 0.06 (0.19) | 0.05 (0.06) | 0.07 (0.12) | 0.357 | 0.625 |
Plasma interleukin-6, median (IQR) pg/mL | 0.72 (1.0) | 0.65 (0.0) | 0.80 (1.0) | 0.167 | 0.390 |
Plasma interleukin-8, median (IQR) pg/mL | 4.52 (3.0) | 4.66 (2.0) | 4.27 (3.0) | 0.605 | 0.706 |
Plasma interleukin-10, median (IQR) pg/mL | 0.23 (0.0) | 0.28 (0.0) | 0.25 (0.0) | 0.491 | 0.687 |
Plasma C-reactive protein, median (IQR) mg/L | 1.76 (0.27) | 1.11 (0.19) | 1.90 (0.20) | 0.044* | 0.154 |
Plasma tumor necrosis factor-α, mean (SD) pg/mL | 2.28 (1.0) | 2.08 (0.78) | 2.43 (0.74) | 0.022* | 0.154 |
Plasma neurofilament light, mean (SD) pg/dL | 11.9 (9.5) | 10.9 (6.3) | 11.4 (6.6) | 0.973 | 0.973 |