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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of aged patients undergoing EGD under sedation

From: Comparison of the innovative endoscopic oropharyngeal airway and the conventional mouthpiece in elderly outpatients undergoing esophagogastroduodenoscopy under sedation: a prospective and randomized study

 

Mouthpiece group (n = 180)

Airway group (n = 180)

P-value

Age (year)

69.87 ± 3.94

69.19 ± 3.73

0.92

Sex (male/female)

97/83

92/88

0.598

Weight (kg)

62.69 ± 9.41

61.87 ± 10.22

0.427

Height (cm)

164.81 ± 7.36

164.42 ± 7.67

0.629

BMI (kg/m2)

23.05 ± 2.92

22.81 ± 2.84

0.416

Smoking history (%)

16 (8.9)

19 (10.6)

0.594

Alcohol history (%)

11 (6.1)

14 (7.8)

0.534

Allergy (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

NA

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (%)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.6)

0.317

Diabetes (%)

3 (1.7)

4 (2.2)

0.703

Hypertension (%)

28 (15.6)

27 (15.0)

0.884

Arterial coronary disease (%)

2 (1.1)

4 (2.2)

0.410

Cerebrovascular disease (%)

3 (1.7)

3 (1.7)

NA

Modified Mallampati Score (I/II/III)

78/98/4

85/93/2

0.577

ASA risk score (I/II)

57/123

66/114

0.317

  1. Values are means standard deviation or n (%)
  2. ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; BMI, body mass index. NA-not applicable due to low event rate