Dataset for worldwide survey of cerebrospinal total protein upper reference values
Pierre R. Bourque,
John Brooks,
Jodi Warman-Chardon,
Harald Hegen,
Florian Deisenhammer,
Chris R. McCudden,
Ari Breiner
Affiliations
Pierre R. Bourque
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Corresponding author. Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
John Brooks
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Jodi Warman-Chardon
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Harald Hegen
Department of Neurology, Neuroimmunology Laboratory, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Florian Deisenhammer
Department of Neurology, Neuroimmunology Laboratory, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Chris R. McCudden
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ari Breiner
Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
This article reports data pertaining to a worldwide web-based survey referenced in the publication “Adult CSF Total Protein: Higher upper reference limits should be considered worldwide ” (P.R. Bourque, et al., 2019). This survey was distributed to corresponding authors of the journal Neurology and the Journal of neurological sciences for the period of Jan–Dec 2017. The response rate was 36.9%. Additional results were collated through networking and national associations. There were 473 unique responses from clinical hospital laboratories in 69 countries: North America 178, South America 26, Europe 139, Africa 20, Asia 102 and Oceania 8. The upper reference limit for cerebrospinal fluid total protein ranged from 0.2 g/L to 0.8 g/L. 86.8% of the survey responses were 0.45 g/L or less. Data is presented separately for tertiary/academic and non-university/community centers.
