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Table 1 Patients’ baseline characteristics and clinical variables

From: Bupivacaine–fentanyl isobaric spinal anesthesia reduces the risk of ICU admission in elderly patients undergoing lower limb orthopedic surgery

 

General anesthesia (n = 188)

Spinal anesthesia

(n = 1,728)

P value

Age

74.2 ± 5.8

73.4 ± 6.3

0.06

Gender, n (%)

  

0.17

 Male

121 (64.4%)

1,199 (69.4%)

 

 Female

67 (35.6%)

529 (30.6%)

 

BMI

24.10 ± 3.35

24.43 ± 3.92

0.32

ASA grade ≥ III, n (%)

119 (63.3%)

1,074 (62.2%)

0.79

Surgery site, n (%)

  

0.37

 Hip

84 (44.7%)

699 (40.5%)

 

 Knee

85 (45.2%)

803 (46.5%)

 

 Others

19 (10.1%)

226 (13.1%)

 

Comorbidities, n (%)

 Hypertension

82 (43.6%)

806 (46.6%)

0.43

 Diabetes

28 (14.9%)

256 (14.8%)

0.98

 Respiratory disease

16 (8.5%)

111 (6.4%)

0.28

 Cardiovascular disease

21 (11.2%)

256 (14.8%)

0.64

 Stroke

11 (5.9%)

138 (8.0%)

0.30

Smoking, n (%)

20 (10.6%)

177 (10.2%)

0.87

Drinking, n (%)

5 (2.7%)

54 (3.1%)

0.70

Laboratory tests

 WBC

8.0 ± 3.2

7.6 ± 2.6

0.42

 BPC

217.9 ± 72.3

217.5 ± 71.4

0.94

 Hb

117.1 ± 19.6

115.2 ± 17.0

0.53

 Scr

66.0 ± 26.2

66.0 ± 33.7

0.99

 SA

37.1 ± 4.9

37.7 ± 4.3

0.15

 INR

1.0 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.2

0.12

Operation time > 1.5 h, n (%)

160 (85.0%)

1,231 (71.2%)

 < 0.01

  1. BMI body mass index, ASA American Society of Anesthesiology, WBC White blood cell count, PBC blood platelet count, Hb hemoglobin, Scr serum creatinine, SA serum albumin, INR international normalized ratio