Table 1 Comparison of patient characteristics in three groups.

From: The Haemodynamic Response to Endotracheal Intubation at Different Time of Fentanyl Given During Induction: A Randomised Controlled Trial

 

F3

F2

F1

P

Patients

49

48

48

 

Age (yr), mean (SD)

41 (11)

43 (11)

44 (9)

0.446

Sex (F/M)

31/18

27/21

28/20

0.770

Weight (kg), mean (SD)

64.6 (12.2)

63.9 (12.2)

60.9 (11.2)

0.266

Height (cm), mean (SD)

163 (9)

164 (8)

163 (8)

0.723

SBP0 (mmHg), mean (SD)

128.4 (20.1)

130.2 (18.8)

125.3(16.8)

0.420

DBP0 (mmHg), mean (SD)

77.1 (11.5).

77.6 (12.0)

75.9 (12.0)

0.781

HR0 (/min), mean (SD)

80.1 (13.8)

79.2 (14.9)

79.4 (15.2)

0.901

ASA I/II

10/39

9/39

7/41

0.744

Smoking, n (%)

9 (18.4)

6 (12.5)

8 (16.7)

0.719

HTN, n (%)

8 (16.3)

6 (12.5)

7 (14.6)

0.866

DM, n (%)

2 (4.1)

6 (12.5)

1 (2.1)

0.080

IVF, n (%)

24 (49.0)

31 (64.6)

27 (56.3)

0.300

  1. (SBP0 = baseline systolic blood pressure; DBP0 = baseline diastolic blood pressure; HR0 = baseline heart rate; HTN = hypertension; DM = Diabetes mellitus; IVF = preoperative intravenous fluid supplement)
  2. Age, weight, height, SBP, DBP and HR are expressed as means. There was no significant difference among groups.