Table 3.

Relationship between NSE, S100β, and MMSE scores

		Group I (n=20)		Group II (n=20)
		r	P	r	P
Preoperative	P1	-0.374	0.105	-0.122	0.607
MMSE-NSE	P2	-0.419	0.066	-0.194	0.411
Postoperative	P1	-0.397	0.083	-0.119	0.617
MMSE-NSE	P2	-0.423	0.063	-0.184	0.437
Preoperative	P1	-0.043	0.856	0.198	0.404
MMSE- S100β	P2	-0.018	0.94	-0.274	0.243
Postoperative	P1	-0.066	0.781	0.185	0.434
MMSE-S100β	P2	-0.032	0.894	-0.256	0.276

P1 - preoperative; P2 - postoperative; NSE - neuron specific enolase; MMSE - mini mental state test *Spearman’s Rho correlation test