Table 2 Comparison of NSE levels and rSO₂-Related indicators between SAE and Non-SAE groups.

From: Combined cerebral oxygen saturation and neuron-specific enolase evaluation for diagnosis and prognosis of sepsis-associated encephalopathy

Indictor

The overall population(n = 70)

SAE group(n = 31)

Non-SAE group(n = 39)

P value

NSE(ng/ml)

19.92(13.07,30.34)

28.90(16.36,33.33)

18.75(11.48,21.17)

0.005

rSO2min

58.68 ± 2.80

58.17 ± 2.43

59.08 ± 3.03

0.180

rSO2max

66.85 ± 3.47

67.42 ± 3.14

66.39 ± 3.69

0.220

rSO2mean

62.76 ± 2.55

62.80 ± 2.23

62.74 ± 2.81

0.920

rSO2%

11.96 ± 4.80

13.84 ± 4.83

10.46 ± 4.27

0.003