Table 1 Patients’ baseline characteristics.

From: A new protective gel to facilitate ulcer healing in artificial ulcers following oesophageal endoscopic submucosal dissection: a multicentre, randomized trial

Characteristic

Control group (n = 46)

Experimental group (n = 46)

P value

Sex, n (%)

  

0.819

 Male

33 (71.7%)

32 (69.6%)

 

 Female

13 (28.3%)

14 (30.4%)

 

Mean age (SD), y

65.8 (8.1)

66.0 (7.2)

0.672

Mean height (SD), cm

163.2 (6.6)

163.7 (6.3)

0.670

Mean weight (SD), kg

59.8 (10.5)

63.1 (8.6)

0.140

BMI (SD), kg/m2

22.5 (4.1)

23.6 (2.9)

0.173

Systolic blood pressure (SD), mmHg

128.7 (14.0)

132.3 (17.6)

0.274

Diastolic blood pressure (SD), mmHg

73.3 (9.1)

76.2 (9.9)

0.154

Temperature (SD), °C

36.7 (0.3)

36.7 (0.4)

0.977

Pulse (SD),/min

76.3 (10.8)

77.9 (12.2)

0.492

Respiration (SD),/min

18.0 (0.8)

18.2 (0.9)

0.703

  1. There were no significant differences (P < 0.05) between the study groups. Data are n (%) or mean (SD).
  2. BMI Body-mass index.
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