Table 1 Patient characteristics.

From: Prediction of blood pressure change during surgical incision under opioid analgesia using sympathetic response evoking threshold

Male/Female

15/15

Age (years)

62 ± 13(35–80)

Height (cm)

161.7 ± 9.7(143.3–177.8)

Weight (kg)

56.3 ± 13.3(36.9–99.6)

BMI (kg/m2)

21.6 ± 4.8(12.5–39.9)

Upper/lower abdomen

13/17

sBP pre-incision(mmHg)

77.8 ± 13.3(56.0–108.0)

sBP post-incision(mmHg)

91.7 ± 16.1(57.4–126.0)

Rate of change in sBP before and after incision (%)

18.3 ± 11.8 (− 3.7–38.4)

  1. Results are presented as mean ± SD (minimum–maximum).
  2. BMI body mass index, sBP systolic blood pressure.
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