Table 6: Correlation between the Wakitani score, the Pineda score, and the peripheral and central NIRS measurements for the respective groups.

Group E	NIRS Central	NIRS Peripheral	Wakitani	Pineda
NIRS central	1	-1*	-1*	-1*
NIRS peripheral	-1*	1	0.316	0.600
Wakitani	-1*	0.316	1	0.949
Pineda	-1*	0.600	0.949	1
	*p=0.01
Group U	NIRS Central	NIRS Peripheral	Wakitani	Pineda
NIRS central	1	-0.800	0.775	0.105
NIRS peripheral	-0.800	1	-0.258	0.211
Wakitani	0.775	-0.258	1	0.544
Pineda	0.105	0.211	0.544	1
Group S	NIRS Central	NIRS Peripheral	Wakitani	Pineda
NIRS central	1	-1*	-1*	1*
NIRS peripheral	-1*	1	-0.632	-0.369
Wakitani	-1*	-0,632	1	-0.028
Pineda	1*	-0.369	-0.028	1
	*p=0.01
Group S+BMCC	NIRS Central	NIRS Peripheral	Wakitani	Pineda
NIRS central	1	-0.684	-0.725	-0.865
NIRS peripheral	-0.684	1	0.725	0.649
Wakitani	-0.725	0.725	1	0.745
Pineda	-0.865	0.649	0.745	1