Use of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation for prevention of postoperative delirium in geriatric patients with silent lacunar infarction

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Table

	Levene’s test for equality of variances		t-test for equality of means
	F	Sig.	t	df	Sig. (2-tailed)	Mean difference	Std. error difference	95% confidence interval of the difference
								Lower	Upper
MMP93
Equal variances assumed	.069	.793	−2.084	62	.041	−.34469	.16536	−.67525	−.01413
Equal variances not assumed			−2.084	61.225	.041	−.34469	.16536	−.67533	−.01405
S100β3
Equal variances assumed	.033	.857	−2.177	62	.033	−6.96437	3.19911	−13.35930	−.56945
Equal variances not assumed			−2.177	61.860	.033	−6.96437	3.19911	−13.35959	−.56916
TNF2
Equal variances assumed	.217	.643	−2.606	62	.011	−3.66750	1.40735	−6.48075	−.85425
Equal variances not assumed			−2.606	61.986	.011	−3.66750	1.40735	−6.48076	−.85424
TNF3
Equal variances assumed	.078	.781	−2.954	62	.004	−4.95875	1.67863	−8.31428	−1.60322
Equal variances not assumed			−2.954	61.270	.004	−4.95875	1.67863	−8.31507	−1.60243
IL62
Equal variances assumed	.024	.877	−2.617	62	.011	−4.27750	1.63449	−7.54481	−1.01019
Equal variances not assumed			−2.617	61.998	.011	−4.27750	1.63449	−7.54481	−1.01019
IL63
Equal variances assumed	.736	.394	−2.073	62	.042	−3.32375	1.60304	−6.52819	−.11931
Equal variances not assumed			−2.073	61.566	.042	−3.32375	1.60304	−6.52864	−.11886

Abbreviations: MMP93, the concentration of matrix metallo proteinase-9 at T₃; s100β3, the concentration of s100β3 at T₃; TNF2, the concentration of tumor necrosis factor-α at T₂; TNF3, the concentration of tumor necrosis factor-α at T₃; IL62, the concentration of interleukin-6 at T₂; IL63, the concentration of interleukin-6 at T₃.