William T O'Brien, James W Hickey, Steven Mutimer, Lauren J Evans, Blake D Colman, Becca Xie, Lauren P Giesler, Brendan P Major, Biswadev Mitra, Gershon Spitz, Terence J O'Brien, Sandy R Shultz, Stuart J McDonald
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The diagnostic utility of blood glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in sport-related concussion (SRC) is unclear. This study measured serum GFAP at either 16-24 hours (h), 24-32h, or 36-52h post-SRC in 156 Australian football players and compared levels with 98 control players without SRC. Median GFAP levels were higher in SRC cases at 16-24h (124.7 pg/mL; p<0.001) and 24-32h (96.2 pg/mL; p<0.001) compared to controls (66.0 pg/mL), but not at 36-52h (62.8 pg/mL). GFAP had an area under the curve of 0.83 at 16-24h and 0.72 at 24-32h. Serum GFAP at 16-24h can be a useful aid in SRC diagnosis.