Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the untreated and treated LNB patients and of the borrelia antibody negative patients
Antibodies | Presenting symptom | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group | No | Age, years (Median, range) | Sex (F/M) | B31a(pos/neg) | C6b(pos/neg) | IT-indexc(pos/neg/ND) | Cells/μld(Median, range) | OC-bandse(pos/neg) | Protein (mg/ml) (Median, range) | Duration of symptomsf(days) (Median, range) | Tick biteg(No of patients) | EMh(No of patients) | FPi | Radiculits/Radiating pain |
Untreated LNB | 38 | 66 (3–80) | 16/22 | 37/1 | 37/1 | 29/3/6 | 104 (0–1516) | 21/4 | 1034 (454–3148) | 30 (0–120) | 11 | 2 | 19 | 30 |
Treated LNB | 24 | 64 (34–79) | 8/16 | 22/2 | 18/6 | 19/4/1 | 35 (0–120) | 10/0 | 601 (267–1597) | NAj | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Non-LNB | 239 | 50 (1–91) | 133/106 | 0/239 | NDk | ND | NKl | NK | NK | NK | NK | NK | NK | NK |